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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 Dueitt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dueitt 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 Dueitt:
- 31.150737, -88.534465
- 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 Dueitt
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Dueitt is near Washington County and also Mobile 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 Mobile 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 Dueitt
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dueitt ...
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.
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Deer Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Earlville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Earlville is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
- Four Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Four Point is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Point
- Hillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillman is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Jonathan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonathan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Leakesville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rock Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Vinegar Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vinegar Bend is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Bend
How Far From Dueitt 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 Dueitt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dueitt and extending to:
- Leakesville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the West.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Dueitt 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,320 miles [8,561.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dueitt) 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 Dueitt 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 Dueitt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1507, Longitude: -88.5345 In this case, the coordinates for Dueitt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.435 degrees. |
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