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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 Babsit Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Babsit Estates 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 Babsit Estates:
- 33.479285, -88.293369
- 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 Babsit Estates
- 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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Since Babsit Estates is near Pickens County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Babsit Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Babsit Estates ...
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.
- Cedar View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar View is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar View
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ethelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Fox Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Greenacres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenacres is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Holly Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Hills is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Sleepy Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Babsit Estates 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 Babsit Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Babsit Estates and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies just to the West.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Babsit Estates to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,203 miles [8,373.4 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- Babsit Estates) 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 Babsit Estates 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 Babsit Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4793, Longitude: -88.2934 In this case, the coordinates for Babsit Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.909 degrees. |
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