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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 Skene, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skene 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 Skene:
- 33.703725, -90.794265
- 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 Skene
- 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 Bolivar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bolivar County
- Since Skene is near Sunflower County and also Desha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Desha 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 Skene
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skene ...
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.
- Choctaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Christmas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Christmas is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
- Dockery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dockery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Gill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Grapeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grapeland is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
- Longshot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Longshot is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshot
- Merigold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mound Bayou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mound City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Roundaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
How Far From Skene 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 Skene to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skene and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bolivar County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Skene to Jackson, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,426 miles [11,951 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skene) 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 Skene 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 Skene. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7037, Longitude: -90.7943 In this case, the coordinates for Skene have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.147 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.909 degrees. |
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