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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 Kings Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Ferry 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 Kings Ferry:
- 32.400422, -90.924272
- 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 Kings Ferry
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Kings Ferry is near Madison Parish and also Issaquena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena 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 Kings Ferry
Communities Also Named Kings Ferry ...
We found five communities that are also named Kings Ferry.
Within Mississippi, the name Kings Ferry is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Kings Ferry is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kings Ferry that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Kings Ferry.
- Florida
- Nassau County
- This Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kings Ferry that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Kings Ferry.
- Georgia
- Camden County
- This Kings Ferry is located in Camden County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kings Ferry that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Kings Ferry.
- New York
- Cayuga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kings Ferry [Cayuga County].
- Rockland County
- This Kings Ferry is located in Rockland County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Kings Ferry that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Kings Ferry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Ferry ...
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.
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Duck Port ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Duck Port is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
- Jetts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jetts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jonestown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Kings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kings is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Long Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Lake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Signal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Signal is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
- Sweets Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sweets Ferry is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Ferry
- Valley Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valley Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Waltersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waltersville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Kings Ferry 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 Kings Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings Ferry and extending to:
- Vicksburg, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Kings Ferry to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 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 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,367 miles [8,637.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Kings Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Kings Ferry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Kings Ferry 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 Kings Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4004, Longitude: -90.9243 In this case, the coordinates for Kings Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.108 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.955 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.183 degrees. |
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