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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 Symonds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Symonds 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 Symonds:
- 33.834000, -90.890381
- 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 Symonds
- 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 Symonds is near Desha County and also Sunflower County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Desha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower 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 Symonds
Curious and Interesting Names Near Symonds ...
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.
- Christmas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Christmas is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
- Dennis Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dennis Landing is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Landing
- Gill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gill is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Longshot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Longshot is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshot
- Mason Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mason Landing is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Landing
- Merigold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mound Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Napoleon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Rosedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Symonds 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 Symonds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Symonds and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bolivar County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Symonds to Cleveland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 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 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,424 miles [11,947.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,299 miles [8,527.9 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 '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- Symonds) 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 Symonds 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 Symonds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8340, Longitude: -90.8904 In this case, the coordinates for Symonds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.219 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.277 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.927 degrees. |
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