Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fink Bine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fink Bine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fink Bine
- 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 Fink Bine:
- 32.148206, -89.879245
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fink Bine
- 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Fink Bine is near Simpson County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- eBird sighting report for Smith 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fink Bine ...
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.
- Comeby ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Rankin County
- Daniel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Everett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - George ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Gum Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in Simpson County
- Joe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Johns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Piney Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Rankin County
- Rock Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Rufus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Shady Dell ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Shady Dell is located in Rankin County
- Star
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Fink Bine 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 Fink Bine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fink Bine once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fink Bine and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fink Bine to Brandon, 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 857 miles [1,379.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two 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 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,333 miles [8,582.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rankin County: www.rankincounty.org/
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fink Bine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Fink Bine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fink Bine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1482, Longitude: -89.8792 In this case, the coordinates for Fink Bine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fink Bine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.142 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.797 degrees. |