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 Enid:
34.116501, -89.939812
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.
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 Tallahatchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Enid.
Within Mississippi, the name Enid is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Pinal County
This Enid is located in Pinal County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the west of the Enid that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Enid.
Montana
Richland County
This Enid is located in Richland County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Enid that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Enid.
Oklahoma
Garfield County
This Enid is located in Garfield County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Enid that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Enid.
Oregon
Lane County
This Enid is located in Lane County and lies 1,894 miles [3,048.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Enid that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Enid.
Pennsylvania
Fulton County
This Enid is located in Fulton County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Enid that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Enid.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Enid ...
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.
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 Enid to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Enid and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Tallahatchie County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Enid to Charleston, 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,246 miles [8,442.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Enid) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Enid 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 Enid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1165, Longitude: -89.9398 In this case, the coordinates for Enid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.644 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.648 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.472 degrees.