Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McBurg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McBurg and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McBurg

• 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 McBurg:
  • 35.184802, -86.813335
  • 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 McBurg

• 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Since McBurg is near Giles County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 McBurg

Curious and Interesting Names Near McBurg ...

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.

• Brick Church
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Brick Church is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
• Coldwater
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Coldwater is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Diana
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Diana is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
• Ebenezer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Five Points
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Five Points is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Friendship
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Friendship is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Gnat Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gnat Grove is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gnat Grove
• Graball
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Graball is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
• Jerusalem
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jerusalem is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
• Krapp Spring
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Krapp Spring is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krapp Spring
• Pearl City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pearl City is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
• Red Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Red Oak is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
• Sulphur Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

How Far From McBurg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McBurg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McBurg and extending to:

• Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from McBurg to Fayetteville, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 596 miles [959.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'