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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 Cary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cary 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 Cary:
    • 32.805642, -90.924611
    • 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 Cary
  • 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
    • Since Cary is near Issaquena County and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll Parish
  • 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 Cary

Communities Also Named Cary ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cary.

Within Mississippi, the name Cary is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Cary is located in Craighead County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the north of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Cary.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Cary is located in Duval County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Cary.
    • Georgia
      • Bleckley County
      • This Cary is located in Bleckley County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bleckley County community of Cary.
      • Pulaski County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cary [Pulaski County].
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This Cary is located in McHenry County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the north of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Cary.
    • Indiana
      • Putnam County
      • This Cary is located in Putnam County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cary.
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • This Cary is located in Bell County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Cary.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Cary is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,521 miles [2,447.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Cary.
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • Although located in Scott County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cary.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham County
      • This Cary is located in Chatham County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cary that is located in Sharkey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Cary.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cary ...

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.

  • Big Eddy Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
  • Booth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Booth is located in Issaquena County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Chapel Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
  • Choctaw Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
  • Cottonwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottonwood is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Holly Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
  • Kansas Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kansas Landing is located in Yazoo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landing
  • Little Sunflower
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Sunflower is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sunflower
  • Onward
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Onward is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
  • Riverside Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
  • Rolling Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Spanish Fort
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Spanish Fort is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Valley Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
  • White House Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing

How Far From Cary 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 town such as Cary to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cary and extending to:

  • Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Cary to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,473 miles [12,026.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,348 miles [8,606.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Cary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cary could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cary 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 Cary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8056, Longitude: -90.9246       In this case, the coordinates for Cary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.147 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.056 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.117 degrees.