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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 East Enterprise, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Enterprise 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 East Enterprise:
- 32.172370, -88.808381
- 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 East Enterprise
- 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since East Enterprise is near Lauderdale County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 East Enterprise
Communities Also Named East Enterprise ...
We found one communities that are also named East Enterprise.
Within Mississippi, the name East Enterprise is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named East Enterprise in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Switzerland County
- This East Enterprise is located in Switzerland County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East Enterprise that is located in Clarke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of East Enterprise.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Enterprise ...
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.
- Basic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Basic is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basic
- Choctaw ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Choctaw is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Earles Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Earles Ferry is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles Ferry
- Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evans Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Ferry is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- New Fellowship
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fellowship
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Sable
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sable is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
- Stonewall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
How Far From East Enterprise 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 East Enterprise to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Enterprise and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Enterprise to Quitman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the west (W). 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 807 miles [1,298.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- East Enterprise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 East Enterprise 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 East Enterprise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1724, Longitude: -88.8084 In this case, the coordinates for East Enterprise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.787 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.389 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.363 degrees. |
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