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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 Country Side Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Side Estates 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 Country Side Estates:
- 33.429289, -88.818387
- 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 Country Side Estates
- 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 Oktibbeha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
- Since Country Side Estates is near Lowndes County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Country Side Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Side Estates ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cherokee Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Green Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Oaks is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
- Heritage Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Colony is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Colony
- Hillbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Quail Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Valley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Starkville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Stonegate
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timbercove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Timbercove is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercove
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Whispering Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Whispering Pines is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Country Side Estates 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 Country Side Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Country Side Estates and extending to:
- Starkville, which is the Seat of Oktibbeha County, lies just to the North.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Country Side Estates to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,229 miles [8,415.3 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' (or 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- Country Side Estates) 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 Country Side Estates 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 Country Side Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4293, Longitude: -88.8184 In this case, the coordinates for Country Side Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.896 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.134 degrees. |
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