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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 Aldens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aldens 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 Aldens:
- 34.933569, -90.024685
- 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 Aldens
- 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 DeSoto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- Since Aldens is near Shelby County and also Tunica County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tunica 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 Aldens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aldens ...
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.
- Days
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Days is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- De Soto Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Deans Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deans Corner is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
- Goodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodman is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Holly Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Hills is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Horn Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Point is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Aldens 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 Aldens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aldens and extending to:
- Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Aldens to Jackson, 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,212 miles [8,387.9 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- Aldens) 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 Aldens 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 Aldens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9336, Longitude: -90.0247 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.758 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.89 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.353 degrees. |
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