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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 Forty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forty 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 Forty:
- 32.518473, -89.776466
- 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 Forty
- 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 Forty is near Scott County and also Madison 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 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 Forty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forty ...
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.
- Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Cash
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Eureka
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farmhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farmhaven is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmhaven
- Forkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkville
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Leesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leesburg is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Lena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meeks Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meeks Ferry is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Ferry
- Raytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Raytown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
How Far From Forty 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 Forty 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 Forty once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Forty and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forty to Brandon, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 837 miles [1,347 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 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,312 miles [8,548.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Forty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Forty 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 Forty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5185, Longitude: -89.7765 In this case, the coordinates for Forty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.158 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.692 degrees. |
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