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 Sharkey:
33.905114, -90.264811
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.
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 Tallahatchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Sharkey.
Within Mississippi, the name Sharkey is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Fleming County
This Sharkey is located in Fleming County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sharkey that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Sharkey.
Louisiana
Tangipahoa Parish
This Sharkey is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south of the Sharkey that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Sharkey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharkey ...
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.
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 Sharkey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sharkey and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Tallahatchie County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sharkey to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharkey) 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 Sharkey 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 Sharkey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9051, Longitude: -90.2648 In this case, the coordinates for Sharkey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.831 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.836 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.649 degrees.