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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 McCord, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCord 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 McCord:
    • 45.555242, -89.899589
    • 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 McCord
  • 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 McCord is near Price County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Price County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 McCord

Communities Also Named McCord ...

We found four communities that are also named McCord.

Within Wisconsin, the name McCord is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This McCord lies 2,735 miles [4,401.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the McCord that is located in Lincoln County.
    • Missouri
      • Stone County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of McCord [Stone County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Osage County
      • This McCord is located in Osage County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the McCord that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of McCord.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This McCord lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McCord that is located in Lincoln County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCord ...

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.

  • Crescent Corner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
  • Dover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dover is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Gilbert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Goodnow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodnow is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
  • Spirit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Spirit is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
  • Spirit Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Falls
  • Tomahawk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
  • Tripoli
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Tripoli is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli

How Far From McCord 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 McCord to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCord and extending to:

  • Merrill, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from McCord to Merrill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- McCord) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McCord 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>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 McCord 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 McCord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5552, Longitude: -89.8996       In this case, the coordinates for McCord have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.925 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.545 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.645 degrees.