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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 Hickman Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickman Landing 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 Hickman Landing:
- 32.935128, -90.778987
- 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 Hickman Landing
- 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
- Since Hickman Landing is near Yazoo County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Hickman Landing
Communities Also Named Hickman Landing ...
We found one communities that are also named Hickman Landing.
Within Mississippi, the name Hickman Landing is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Hickman Landing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- This Hickman Landing is located in Mississippi County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hickman Landing that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Hickman Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickman Landing ...
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.
- Big Eddy Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
- Chapel Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
- Choctaw Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
- George
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- George is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Holland Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
- Hollands ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hollands is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Holly Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Riverside Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White House Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing
How Far From Hickman Landing 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 Hickman Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickman Landing and extending to:
- Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hickman Landing 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 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,336 miles [8,587.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hickman Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hickman Landing 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 Hickman Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9351, Longitude: -90.7790 In this case, the coordinates for Hickman Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.069 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.981 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.034 degrees. |
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