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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 Fordyke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fordyke 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 Fordyke:
- 32.905231, -90.127726
- 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 Fordyke
- 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 Fordyke is near Holmes County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Fordyke
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fordyke ...
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.
- Cedar Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Eulogy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Free Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Pickens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pierce Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce Crossroad is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossroad
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Fordyke 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 Fordyke to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fordyke and extending to:
- Yazoo City, which is the Seat of Yazoo County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fordyke to Yazoo City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 41 miles [66 km] to the south (S). 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 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 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- Fordyke) 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 Fordyke 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 Fordyke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9052, Longitude: -90.1277 In this case, the coordinates for Fordyke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.66 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.503 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.769 degrees. |
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