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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 Flowood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flowood 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 Flowood:
- 32.324792, -90.092726
- 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 Flowood
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Flowood is near Hinds County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Flowood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flowood ...
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.
- Crossgates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crossgates is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Forest Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Point is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Point
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Grove Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harbourview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbourview is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbourview
- Hickory Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Glen is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
- Highland Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Meadows is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Hunters Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Woods is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
- Kings Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Heights is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
- Lakeshore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeshore is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Millrun
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millrun is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrun
- Pearl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Randall Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Randall Place is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Place
- Rolling Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Skyway Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Skyway Hills is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyway Hills
- Summerwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Summerwood is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Terrapin Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Terrapin Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Hill
- Timber Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Lakes is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
- Turtle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Creek is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
- Village Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Village Glen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Glen
- Village Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Village Square is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
- Woodlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlake is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Flowood 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 city such as Flowood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flowood and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Flowood to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,334 miles [8,584.2 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 '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- Flowood) 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 Flowood 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 Flowood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3248, Longitude: -90.0927 In this case, the coordinates for Flowood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.585 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.338 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.854 degrees. |
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