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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 Sanatorium, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sanatorium 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 Sanatorium:
- 31.898797, -89.777786
- 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 Sanatorium
- 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 Simpson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- Since Sanatorium is near Smith County and also Rankin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin 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 Sanatorium
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanatorium ...
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.
- Coats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cyclone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cyclone is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Everett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Everett is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Jaynesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Magee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martinville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
- Merit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Merit is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merit
- Merry Hell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Merry Hell is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hell
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Zion Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Sanatorium 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 Sanatorium to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sanatorium and extending to:
- Mendenhall, which is the Seat of Simpson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Sanatorium to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 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 '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- Sanatorium) 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 Sanatorium 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 Sanatorium. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8988, Longitude: -89.7778 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.351 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.008 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.798 degrees. |
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