Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McCoy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCoy and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McCoy
- 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 McCoy:
- 28.860533, -98.347790
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on McCoy
- 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 Atascosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Atascosa County
- Since McCoy is near Wilson County and also Karnes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- eBird sighting report for Karnes 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named McCoy ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name McCoy.
There are four communities within Texas that are also named McCoy.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Floyd County
- Kaufman County
- Panola County
- Although located in Panola County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of McCoy.
- Red River County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Nevada
- Lander County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of McCoy [Lander County].
- White Pine County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of McCoy [White Pine County].
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This McCoy is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McCoy that is located in Atascosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of McCoy.
- Warren County
- This McCoy is located in Warren County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km] to the northeast of the McCoy that is located in Atascosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of McCoy.
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCoy ...
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.
- Charlotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Charlotte is located in Atascosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,909 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <4>
- Christine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
- Christine is located in Atascosa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christine <4>
- Cross
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Karnes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <4>
- Mays Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mays Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Crossing
- Mays Crossing is located in Karnes County
- Nell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Peggy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peggy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peggy
- Peggy is located in Atascosa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peggy <4>
- Sandy Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
- Sandy Oaks is located in Bexar County
- Three Oaks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
- Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
How Far From McCoy 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 McCoy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCoy and extending to:
- Jourdanton, which is the Seat of Atascosa County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McCoy to Jourdanton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 1,399 miles [2,251.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,978 miles [12,839.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCoy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCoy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8605, Longitude: -98.3478 In this case, the coordinates for McCoy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that McCoy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McCoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 McCoy to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.39 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.523 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.68 degrees. |