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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 McFaddens Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McFaddens 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 McFaddens Ferry:
- 32.731525, -89.536182
- 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 McFaddens 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 Leake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leake County
- Since McFaddens Ferry is near Scott County and also Neshoba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba 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 McFaddens Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near McFaddens 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.
- Carthage
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Free Trade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Free Trade is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
- Freeny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeny is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
- Gill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Luther
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Piggtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piggtown is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piggtown
- Pilgrim Rest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Rest is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest
- Redwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Standing Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Tuckers Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tuckers Crossing is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing
How Far From McFaddens Ferry 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 McFaddens Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McFaddens Ferry and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Leake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from McFaddens Ferry to Jackson, with an average speed<3> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,416 miles [11,934.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McFaddens Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 McFaddens 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 McFaddens Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7315, Longitude: -89.5362 In this case, the coordinates for McFaddens Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.28 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.037 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.557 degrees. |
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