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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 Denham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Denham 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 Denham:
- 31.653772, -88.525583
- 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 Denham
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Denham is near Washington County and also Choctaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Denham
Communities Also Named Denham ...
We found three communities that are also named Denham.
Within Mississippi, the name Denham is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Pasco 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 Florida community of Denham [Pasco County].
- Indiana
- Pulaski County
- This Denham is located in Pulaski County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the north of the Denham that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Denham.
- Minnesota
- Pine County
- This Denham is located in Pine County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the north of the Denham that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pine County community of Denham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Denham ...
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.
- Buckatunna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clara
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Healing Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Lucas Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lucas Ferry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Ferry
- Rescueville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rescueville is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescueville
- Robinsons Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Whistler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
How Far From Denham 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 Denham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Denham and extending to:
- Waynesboro, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Denham to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 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 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 Denham 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Denham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Denham 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 Denham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6538, Longitude: -88.5256 In this case, the coordinates for Denham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.067 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.344 degrees. |
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