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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 Ocobla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocobla 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 Ocobla:
- 32.758718, -89.025185
- 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 Ocobla
- 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 Neshoba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
- Since Ocobla is near Kemper County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Ocobla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocobla ...
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.
- Bond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bond is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
- Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Deemer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deemer is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemer
- Forestdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forestdale is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Good Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Bud is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Sandtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Tucker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Ocobla 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 Ocobla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ocobla and extending to:
- Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Neshoba County, lies just to the West.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ocobla to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,392 miles [11,896.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,268 miles [8,478 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ocobla) 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 Ocobla 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 Ocobla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7587, Longitude: -89.0252 In this case, the coordinates for Ocobla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.969 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.68 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.344 degrees. |
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