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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 Gulfside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gulfside 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 Gulfside:
- 30.266863, -89.392548
- 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 Gulfside
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Gulfside is near Harrison County and also Saint Tammany Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
- 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 Gulfside
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gulfside ...
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.
- Diamondhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kiln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeshore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Pass Christian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Timber Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Ridge is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Waveland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Gulfside 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 Gulfside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gulfside and extending to:
- Bay Saint Louis, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gulfside to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 919 miles [1,479 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,399 miles [8,688.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gulfside) 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 Gulfside 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 Gulfside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2669, Longitude: -89.3925 In this case, the coordinates for Gulfside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.951 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.323 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.911 degrees. |
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