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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 New Fellowship, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Fellowship 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 New Fellowship:
- 32.212647, -88.970332
- 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 New Fellowship
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since New Fellowship is near Newton County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 New Fellowship
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Fellowship ...
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.
- Chunky
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Earles Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Earles Ferry is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earles Ferry
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Orange
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Paula ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paula is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paula
- Poplar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Tallow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tallow is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow
How Far From New Fellowship to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as New Fellowship to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Fellowship and extending to:
- Bay Springs, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Fellowship to Bay Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving 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 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,414 miles [11,931.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Fellowship) 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 New Fellowship 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 New Fellowship. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2126, Longitude: -88.9703 In this case, the coordinates for New Fellowship have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.888 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.513 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.421 degrees. |
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