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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 Free Trade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Free Trade 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 Free Trade:
- 32.696247, -89.415068
- 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 Free Trade
- 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 Leake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leake County
- Since Free Trade is near Neshoba County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Free Trade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Free Trade ...
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.
- Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Freeny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Freeny is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
- Gill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harmony is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- High Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Pearl Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pearl Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Hill
- Rosebud
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosebud is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Standing Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Sunrise
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunrise is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Free Trade to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Free Trade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Free Trade and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Leake County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Free Trade to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 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 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,288 miles [8,510.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Free Trade) 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 Free Trade 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 Free Trade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6962, Longitude: -89.4151 In this case, the coordinates for Free Trade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.202 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.943 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.514 degrees. |
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