Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McHaney:
  • 35.811733, -88.586721
  • 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 McHaney

• 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 Henderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
  • Since McHaney is near Carroll County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 McHaney

Curious and Interesting Names Near McHaney ...

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.

• Blue Goose
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Blue Goose is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
• Cedar Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Hickory Flat
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
• Hopewell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Independence
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Independence is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Jumbo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jumbo is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
• Law
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Law is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
• Rock Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rock Springs is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
• Spain ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Spain is located in Henderson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
• Spring Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
• Terry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Terry is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry

How Far From McHaney to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of McHaney once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McHaney and extending to:

• Lexington, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from McHaney to Lexington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,111 miles [8,225.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'