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 Swan Lake:
33.874945, -90.283178
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 twelve communities that share the name Swan Lake.
Within Mississippi, the name Swan Lake is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Jefferson County
This Swan Lake is located in Jefferson County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Swan Lake.
Georgia
Henry County
This Swan Lake is located in Henry County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Swan Lake.
Paulding County
This Swan Lake is located in Paulding County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Swan Lake.
Iowa
Emmet County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Swan Lake [Emmet County].
Kentucky
Knox County
This Swan Lake is located in Knox County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Swan Lake.
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
This Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Swan Lake.
Manitoba
This Swan Lake lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
Montana
Lake County
This Swan Lake is located in Lake County and lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Swan Lake.
Nebraska
Holt County
This Swan Lake is located in Holt County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Swan Lake.
New York
Sullivan County
This Swan Lake is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Swan Lake.
Oklahoma
Caddo County
This Swan Lake is located in Caddo County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Swan Lake that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Swan Lake.
South Dakota
Turner County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Swan Lake [Turner County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swan Lake ...
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.
Brazil (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brazil have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Swan Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Swan Lake and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Tallahatchie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Swan Lake to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 108 miles [173.8 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 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,396 miles [11,902.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,271 miles [8,482.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swan Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swan Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8749, Longitude: -90.2832
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Swan Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Swan Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.84 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.842 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.662 degrees.