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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 Skyway Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skyway Hills 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 Skyway Hills:
- 32.287646, -90.087585
- 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 Skyway Hills
- 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Skyway Hills is near Hinds County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Skyway Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skyway Hills ...
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.
- Crossgates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crossgates is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Grove Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Park is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hickory Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickory Glen is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
- Hunters Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hunters Woods is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
- Kings Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kings Heights is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
- Pearl
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Randall Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Randall Place is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Place
- Summerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerwood is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
- Terrapin Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Terrapin Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Hill
How Far From Skyway Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Skyway Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skyway Hills and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies just to the East.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Skyway Hills to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 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 5,336 miles [8,587.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Skyway Hills) 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 Skyway Hills 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 Skyway Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2876, Longitude: -90.0876 In this case, the coordinates for Skyway Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.579 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.858 degrees. |
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