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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 Tolarville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tolarville 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 Tolarville:
- 33.046892, -90.218086
- 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 Tolarville
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Tolarville is near Yazoo County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Tolarville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tolarville ...
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.
- Bee Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blissdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blissdale is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissdale
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Eulogy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Free Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Good Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Tolarville 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 Tolarville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tolarville and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tolarville to Lexington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,431 miles [11,959 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,307 miles [8,540.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tolarville) 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 Tolarville 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 Tolarville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0469, Longitude: -90.2181 In this case, the coordinates for Tolarville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.729 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.782 degrees. |
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