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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 Dunleith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunleith 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 Dunleith:
- 33.437132, -90.822498
- 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 Dunleith
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Dunleith is near Sunflower County and also Bolivar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bolivar 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 Dunleith
Communities Also Named Dunleith ...
We found three communities that are also named Dunleith.
Within Mississippi, the name Dunleith is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Dunleith is located in New Castle County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dunleith that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Dunleith.
- Michigan
- Mackinac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dunleith [Mackinac County].
- West Virginia
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dunleith [Wayne County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunleith ...
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.
- Bourbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bourbon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
- Choctaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Hays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Heads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads
- Heathman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Helm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Ridge is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Hollyknowe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hollyknowe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyknowe
- Jones Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Chapel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Chapel
- Long
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Long is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Magenta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Magenta is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
- Randolph ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
How Far From Dunleith 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 Dunleith to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dunleith and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dunleith to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 854 miles [1,374.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,439 miles [11,971.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,315 miles [8,553.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Dunleith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Dunleith 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. |
| <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 Dunleith 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 Dunleith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4371, Longitude: -90.8225 In this case, the coordinates for Dunleith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.142 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.133 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.968 degrees. |
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