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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 Cleary Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleary Heights 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 Cleary Heights:
- 32.161261, -90.170643
- 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 Cleary Heights
- 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Cleary Heights is near Hinds County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 Cleary Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleary Heights ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Choctaw Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Clear Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Cooks Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cooks Ferry is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
- Dane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dane is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Dears Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dears Ferry is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dears Ferry
- Elton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Elton Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elton Place is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton Place
- Florence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- King
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Lost Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Lake is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
- Mountain Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plain is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Raintree Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raintree Place is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Place
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
How Far From Cleary Heights 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 Cleary Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cleary Heights and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cleary Heights to Brandon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,470 miles [12,021.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,345 miles [8,601.9 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 '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- Cleary Heights) 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 Cleary Heights 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 Cleary Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1613, Longitude: -90.1706 In this case, the coordinates for Cleary Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.618 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.353 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.913 degrees. |
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