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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 Holcut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holcut 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 Holcut:
- 34.730065, -88.305611
- 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 Holcut
- 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 Tishomingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo County
- Since Holcut is near Prentiss County and also Alcorn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn 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 Holcut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holcut ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cairo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Dennis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Hills Chapel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Chapel is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Chapel
- Indian Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Maud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maud is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Mingo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mingo is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Petertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petertown is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petertown
- Thrasher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Thrasher is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrasher
How Far From Holcut to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Holcut to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Holcut and extending to:
- Iuka, which is the Seat of Tishomingo County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Holcut 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Holcut) 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 Holcut 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 Holcut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7301, Longitude: -88.3056 In this case, the coordinates for Holcut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.669 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.66 degrees. |
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