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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 Ituma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ituma 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 Ituma:
- 33.231228, -90.105600
- 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 Ituma
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Ituma is near Carroll County and also Leflore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore 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 Ituma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ituma ...
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.
- Black Hawk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Black Hawk is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Howard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jones Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meeks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meeks is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Oklahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Oregon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oregon is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Pinchback
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinchback is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinchback
- Poplar Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poplar Springs is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Seven Pines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Pines is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
How Far From Ituma 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 Ituma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ituma and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ituma to Jackson, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,418 miles [11,938.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,293 miles [8,518.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ituma) 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 Ituma 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 Ituma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2312, Longitude: -90.1056 In this case, the coordinates for Ituma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.675 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.564 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.703 degrees. |
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