Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fairview Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairview Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fairview Landing

• 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 Fairview Landing:
  • 32.748466, -90.701764
  • 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 Fairview Landing

• 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 Yazoo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
  • Since Fairview Landing is near Sharkey County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Fairview Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairview Landing ...

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.

• Enola
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Enola is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
• George
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • George is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
• Holly Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
• Horn Place Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Horn Place Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Place Landing
• Kansas Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Kansas Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landing
• Limerick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Limerick is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
• Little Sunflower
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Sunflower is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sunflower
• Spanish Fort
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort

How Far From Fairview Landing 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 Fairview Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fairview Landing and extending to:

• Yazoo City, which is the Seat of Yazoo County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fairview Landing to Yazoo City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'