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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 Fourteen Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fourteen Bend 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 Fourteen Bend:
- 36.280345, -89.588967
- 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 Fourteen Bend
- 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
- Since Fourteen Bend is near Lake County and also Dyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer 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 Fourteen Bend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fourteen Bend ...
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.
- Calvary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Cat Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cat Corner is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
- Cottonwood Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Grove is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Grove
- Edgewater Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Indian Mound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Mound is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound
- Kennedy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Lake Drive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Drive is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive
- Linda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Linda is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
- Mooring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mooring is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring
- Netherlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Owl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Owl Hoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Hoot is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hoot
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Sunkist Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Swift
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swift is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Terry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Terry is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Fourteen Bend 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 Fourteen Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Fourteen Bend once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fourteen Bend and extending to:
- Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fourteen Bend to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,132 miles [8,259.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fourteen Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fourteen Bend) 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 Fourteen Bend 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 Fourteen Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2803, Longitude: -89.5890 In this case, the coordinates for Fourteen Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.851 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.888 degrees. |
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