Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McKendree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKendree and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McKendree
- 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 McKendree:
- 37.887892, -81.063431
- 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 McKendree
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since McKendree is near Raleigh County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- eBird sighting report for Summers 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 McKendree ...
We found five communities that share the name McKendree.
Within West Virginia, the name McKendree is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This McKendree is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKendree that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of McKendree.
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of McKendree [Prince George's County].
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKendree ...
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.
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Chestnut Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
- Chestnut Knob is located in Fayette County
- Export ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Glen Jean
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Jean have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Glen Jean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Jean <4>
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Greenwood ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hamlet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Harvey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Kathryn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Layland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Layland Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Layland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Heights
- Layland Heights is located in Fayette County
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Meadow Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fork
- Meadow Fork is located in Fayette County
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Hope <4>
- Piney View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Prince
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
- Prince is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prince <4>
- Prudence
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Red Ash ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Redstar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Royal ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Rush Run ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Stonewall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Terry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Terry Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Junction
- Terry Junction is located in Raleigh County
- Turkey Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Knob
- Turkey Knob is located in Fayette County
- Layland Heights
How Far From McKendree to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McKendree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKendree and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McKendree to Fayetteville, 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,697 miles [7,559.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McKendree. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKendree) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McKendree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8879, Longitude: -81.0634 In this case, the coordinates for McKendree 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 McKendree 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 McKendree 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 310.327 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.063 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.769 degrees. |