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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 Buena Vista Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buena Vista Lakes 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 Buena Vista Lakes:
- 34.734823, -90.007035
- 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 Buena Vista Lakes
- 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 Buena Vista Lakes is near Tate County and also Panola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tate County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola 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 Buena Vista Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buena Vista Lakes ...
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.
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Cub Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Deans Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deans Corner is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
- Eudora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Hernando
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Love
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Love is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Robinson Gin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Robinson Gin is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Gin
- Trinity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
How Far From Buena Vista Lakes 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 Buena Vista Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buena Vista Lakes and extending to:
- Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies just to the North.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Buena Vista Lakes to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 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 '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- Buena Vista Lakes) 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 Buena Vista Lakes 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 Buena Vista Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7348, Longitude: -90.0070 In this case, the coordinates for Buena Vista Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.733 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.834 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.384 degrees. |
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