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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 McKim, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKim 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 McKim:
- 39.380552, -80.960439
- 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 McKim
- 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
- Since McKim is near Ritchie County and also Pleasants County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants 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 McKim
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKim ...
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.
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Algeria is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
- Bearsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bearsville is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsville
- Falls Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locke
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Locke is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Meadville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stanley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Twiggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twiggs is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs
- Wasp
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wasp is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp
- Wick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wick is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
How Far From McKim 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 McKim to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKim and extending to:
- Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from McKim to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,631 miles [7,452.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McKim) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McKim 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 McKim. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3806, Longitude: -80.9604 In this case, the coordinates for McKim have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.224 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.168 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.229 degrees. |
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