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 Adams Landing:
32.570416, -90.726767
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 Adams Landing
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 Issaquena County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Adams Landing.
Within Mississippi, the name Adams Landing is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Adams Landing lies 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Adams Landing that is located in Issaquena County.
South Carolina
Clarendon County
This Adams Landing is located in Clarendon County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the east of the Adams Landing that is located in Issaquena County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarendon County community of Adams Landing.
Vermont
Grand Isle County
This Adams Landing is located in Grand Isle County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Adams Landing that is located in Issaquena County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Isle County community of Adams Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adams Landing ...
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.
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 Adams Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Adams Landing and extending to:
Mayersville, which is the Seat of Issaquena County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Adams Landing to Mayersville, with an average speed<2> 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.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,351 miles [8,611.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adams Landing) 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 Adams Landing 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 Adams Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5704, Longitude: -90.7268 In this case, the coordinates for Adams Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.001 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.854 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.073 degrees.