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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 Dennis Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dennis Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dennis Landing:
    • 34.018718, -90.928162
    • 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 Dennis Landing
  • 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 Bolivar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bolivar County
    • Since Dennis Landing is near Desha County and also Phillips County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Desha County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips 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 Dennis Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dennis Landing ...

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.

  • Dixie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixie is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Francis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Francis is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Hillhouse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillhouse is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhouse
  • Hillhouse Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillhouse Landing is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillhouse Landing
  • Lake Charles Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Charles Landing is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles Landing
  • Mason Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mason Landing is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Landing
  • Mozart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mozart is located in Desha County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
  • Round Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
  • Snow Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Snow Lake is located in Desha County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake

How Far From Dennis Landing 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 Dennis Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dennis Landing and extending to:

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bolivar County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dennis Landing to Cleveland, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,694 miles [10,772.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dennis Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Dennis Landing 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 Dennis Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0187, Longitude: -90.9282       In this case, the coordinates for Dennis Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.259 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.347 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.911 degrees.