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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 Chancy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chancy 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 Chancy:
- 34.120946, -90.281203
- 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 Chancy
- 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 Quitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman County
- Since Chancy is near Tallahatchie County and also Coahoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma 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 Chancy
Communities Also Named Chancy ...
We found one communities that are also named Chancy.
Within Mississippi, the name Chancy is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Chancy in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Robertson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Chancy [Robertson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chancy ...
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.
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Brazil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brazil is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Jarman Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jarman Ferry is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarman Ferry
- Locopolis ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locopolis is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locopolis
- Longstreet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Longstreet is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
- Marks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oliverfried
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oliverfried is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliverfried
- Riverview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Chancy 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 Chancy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Chancy and extending to:
- Marks, which is the Seat of Quitman County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Chancy to Marks, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,385 miles [11,885 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,260 miles [8,465.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chancy 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chancy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chancy 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 Chancy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1209, Longitude: -90.2812 In this case, the coordinates for Chancy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.897 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.616 degrees. |
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