Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ratliff Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ratliff Landing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Ratliff Landing

• 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 Ratliff Landing:
  • 32.932628, -90.762598
  • 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 Ratliff Landing

• 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
  • Since Ratliff Landing is near Yazoo County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Ratliff Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ratliff Landing ...

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.

• Big Eddy Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
• Chapel Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
• Choctaw Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
• George
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • George is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
• Holland Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
• Hollands ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hollands is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
• Riverside Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
• Rolling Fork
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rolling Fork is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fork
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolling Fork <1>
• White House Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing

How Far From Ratliff Landing 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 Ratliff Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ratliff Landing and extending to:

• Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Ratliff Landing to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,335 miles [8,585.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'