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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 Oliverfried, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliverfried 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 Oliverfried:
- 34.173723, -90.297871
- 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 Oliverfried
- 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 Quitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman County
- Since Oliverfried is near Tallahatchie County and also Coahoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma 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 Oliverfried
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliverfried ...
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.
- Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allen is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bobo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Brazil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brazil is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Chancy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chancy is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancy
- Iris ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Iris is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
- Longstreet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Longstreet is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
- Marks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
How Far From Oliverfried 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 Oliverfried to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oliverfried and extending to:
- Marks, which is the Seat of Quitman County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Oliverfried to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,383 miles [11,881.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,258 miles [8,461.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oliverfried) 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 Oliverfried 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 Oliverfried. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1737, Longitude: -90.2979 In this case, the coordinates for Oliverfried have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.614 degrees. |
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