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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 Hobo Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hobo Station 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 Hobo Station:
- 34.560931, -88.466160
- 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 Hobo Station
- 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 Prentiss County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss County
- Since Hobo Station is near Itawamba County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Hobo Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hobo Station ...
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.
- Altitude
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Hazeldell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Hills Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hills Chapel is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Chapel
- Kirkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- New Site
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Pratts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pratts is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Sunflower
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
How Far From Hobo Station 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 Hobo Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hobo Station and extending to:
- Booneville, which is the Seat of Prentiss County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hobo Station to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hobo Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hobo Station 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 Hobo Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5609, Longitude: -88.4662 In this case, the coordinates for Hobo Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.758 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.681 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.762 degrees. |
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