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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 Tanners Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tanners Ferry 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 Tanners Ferry:
- 30.709636, -88.454460
- 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 Tanners Ferry
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Tanners Ferry is near George County and also Mobile County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for George County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile 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 Tanners Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tanners Ferry ...
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.
- Big Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Dean Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dean Landing is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Landing
- Dickens Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dickens Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens Ferry
- Popetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Popetown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popetown
- Seven Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Hills is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
- Slaughter Flat Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tanner Williams
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tanner Williams is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Williams
- Three Rivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Waters Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waters Landing is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Landing
How Far From Tanners Ferry 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 Tanners Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tanners Ferry and extending to:
- Pascagoula, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tanners Ferry to Pascagoula, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 858 miles [1,380.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Tanners Ferry) 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 Tanners Ferry 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 Tanners Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7096, Longitude: -88.4545 In this case, the coordinates for Tanners Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.438 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.786 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.48 degrees. |
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