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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McKennon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKennon and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for McKennon:
- 34.546821, -80.127846
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on McKennon
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since McKennon is near Darlington County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for McKennon
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKennon ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hunts Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Crossroads is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Crossroads
- Hunts Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Mill is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Mill
- Hunts Spring ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Spring
- Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Junction is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Patrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Tabernacle ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
How Far From McKennon to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McKennon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKennon and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McKennon to Chesterfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McKennon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from McKennon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McKennon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5468, Longitude: -80.1278 In this case, the coordinates for McKennon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.984 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.431 degrees. |
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