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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 Estesmill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Estesmill 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 Estesmill:
- 32.650693, -89.470069
- 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 Estesmill
- 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 Leake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leake County
- Since Estesmill is near Scott County and also Neshoba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba 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 Estesmill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Estesmill ...
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.
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Free Trade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Free Trade is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
- Freeny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeny is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
- Gill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Horseshoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Rosebud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rosebud is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Standing Pine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Tuckers Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tuckers Crossing is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Estesmill to ...
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 Estesmill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Estesmill and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Leake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Estesmill to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Estesmill) 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 Estesmill 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 Estesmill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6507, Longitude: -89.4701 In this case, the coordinates for Estesmill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.232 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.544 degrees. |
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