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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 Lake Cormorant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Cormorant 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 Lake Cormorant:
- 34.904624, -90.215119
- 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 Lake Cormorant
- 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 DeSoto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- Since Lake Cormorant is near Crittenden County and also Tunica County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tunica 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 Lake Cormorant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Cormorant ...
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.
- Blue Goose ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Goose is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Clack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clack is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack
- Cub Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Days
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Days is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- Deans Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deans Corner is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
- Eudora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Hills is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Horseshoe Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lake View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lost Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lost Lake is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Trinity is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Lake Cormorant 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 Lake Cormorant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lake Cormorant and extending to:
- Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Cormorant to Hernando, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,221 miles [8,402.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Cormorant) 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 Lake Cormorant 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 Lake Cormorant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9046, Longitude: -90.2151 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Cormorant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.877 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.023 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.441 degrees. |
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