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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 Moores Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moores Ferry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Moores Ferry:
    • 32.533473, -89.911748
    • 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 Moores 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Moores Ferry is near Rankin County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Moores Ferry

Communities Also Named Moores Ferry ...

We found three communities that are also named Moores Ferry.

Within Mississippi, the name Moores Ferry is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gordon County
      • This Moores Ferry is located in Gordon County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Moores Ferry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Moores Ferry.
    • Kentucky
      • Bath 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 Kentucky community of Moores Ferry [Bath County].
    • Tennessee
      • Loudon County
      • This Moores Ferry is located in Loudon County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Moores Ferry that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Moores Ferry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moores 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.

  • Eureka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Eureka is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Farmhaven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmhaven is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmhaven
  • Forty ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Forty is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty
  • Leesburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Leesburg is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Meeks Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Meeks Ferry is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Ferry
  • Mill Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill Town is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
  • Milltown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Milltown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Sand Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Twin Harbor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Harbor is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Harbor

How Far From Moores 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 Moores Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Moores Ferry and extending to:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moores Ferry to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 843 miles [1,356.7 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 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,441 miles [11,975.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Moores 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 Moores 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 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 Moores 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 Moores Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5335, Longitude: -89.9117       In this case, the coordinates for Moores Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.493 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.259 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.745 degrees.