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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 Benndale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benndale 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 Benndale:
- 30.871578, -88.806979
- 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 Benndale
- 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 George County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for George County
- Since Benndale is near Perry County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Benndale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benndale ...
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.
- Central
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Central is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dale is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Deep Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Leaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leaf is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
- Merrill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Mountain ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Ruble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruble is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble
How Far From Benndale 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 Benndale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Benndale and extending to:
- Lucedale, which is the Seat of George County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Benndale to Lucedale, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,467 miles [12,017 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,345 miles [8,601.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Benndale) 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 Benndale 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 Benndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8716, Longitude: -88.8070 In this case, the coordinates for Benndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.664 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.071 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.588 degrees. |
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