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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 Dicks Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dicks Ferry 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 Dicks Ferry:
- 33.568175, -88.689493
- 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 Dicks Ferry
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Dicks Ferry is near Oktibbeha County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Dicks Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dicks Ferry ...
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.
- Blackjack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blackjack is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
- Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cherokee Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Hillbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Hillcrest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Mayhew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayhew is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Patrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Patrick is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Rocky Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rolling Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rosedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Starkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonegate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Strong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strong is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Tanglewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- University Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
How Far From Dicks Ferry to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dicks Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dicks Ferry and extending to:
- West Point, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Dicks Ferry 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 745 miles [1,199 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 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 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' (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- Dicks Ferry) 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 Dicks Ferry 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 Dicks Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5682, Longitude: -88.6895 In this case, the coordinates for Dicks Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.827 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.054 degrees. |
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