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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 McKenney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKenney 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 McKenney:
- 36.985984, -77.722478
- 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 McKenney
- 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 Dinwiddie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie County
- Since McKenney is near Brunswick County and also Greensville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brunswick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville 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 McKenney
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKenney ...
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.
- Champ
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Champ is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Cool Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cool Spring is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Dolphin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Five Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Forks is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Harpers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harpers is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
- Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Run is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Octagon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Octagon is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Rivers Edge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rivers Edge is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Rocky Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ford is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Run is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stony Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Springs is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Springs
- Sturgeonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
- Vote
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Vote is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vote
- Willow Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Oaks is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oaks
How Far From McKenney 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 town such as McKenney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McKenney and extending to:
- Dinwiddie, which is the Seat of Dinwiddie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McKenney to Dinwiddie, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- McKenney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 McKenney 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 McKenney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9860, Longitude: -77.7225 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.388 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.716 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.702 degrees. |
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