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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 Cayce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cayce 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 Cayce:
- 34.955265, -89.617965
- 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 Cayce
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Cayce is near Fayette County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Cayce
Communities Also Named Cayce ...
We found three communities that are also named Cayce.
Within Mississippi, the name Cayce is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Fulton County
- This Cayce is located in Fulton County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cayce that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cayce.
- Hancock 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 Kentucky community of Cayce [Hancock County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Cayce is located in Lexington County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cayce that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Cayce.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cayce ...
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.
- Bleak ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bleak is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleak
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Coal Oil Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Oil Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Oil Corner
- Elba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Handy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Handy Corner is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy Corner
- Hays
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hays Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hays Crossing is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Crossing
- Irene ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Irene is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stonewall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
How Far From Cayce 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 Cayce to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cayce and extending to:
- Holly Springs, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cayce to Holly Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 745 miles [1,199 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,194 miles [8,358.9 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 from Point A (ie- Cayce) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cayce 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 Cayce 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 Cayce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9553, Longitude: -89.6180 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.503 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.598 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.173 degrees. |
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