Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wade and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wade
- 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 Wade:
- 33.840947, -90.464536
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wade
- 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 Sunflower County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
- Since Wade is near Tallahatchie County and also Leflore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie County
- eBird sighting report for Leflore 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wade ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Wade.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Wade.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This Wade is located in Alachua County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wade that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Wade.
- Hillsborough County
- This Wade is located in Hillsborough County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km] to the southeast of the Wade that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wade.
- Kansas
- Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Wade [Leavenworth County].
- Miami County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wade [Miami County].
- Maine
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Wade lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the north of the Wade that is located in Sunflower County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- This Wade is located in Nicholas County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wade that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Wade.
- Wetzel County
- This Wade is located in Wetzel County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the northeast of the Wade that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Wade.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wade ...
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.
- Cottondale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Cottondale is located in Sunflower County
- Dockery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Drew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Drew is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,579 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drew <4>
- Dwiggins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - James Minter Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James Minter Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Minter Ferry
- James Minter Ferry is located in Leflore County
- Promised Land ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promised Land have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Promised Land is located in Sunflower County
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Ruleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleville
- Ruleville is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,511 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruleville <4>
- Sandy Bayou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bayou
- Sandy Bayou is located in Sunflower County
- Sharkey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Swan Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Swan Lake Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Lake Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Ferry
- Swan Lake Ferry is located in Tallahatchie County
How Far From Wade 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 Wade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Wade once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wade and extending to:
- Indianola, which is the Seat of Sunflower County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wade to Indianola, with an average speed<6> 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 just over a day.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,405 miles [11,917.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8409, Longitude: -90.4645 In this case, the coordinates for Wade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wade 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wade to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.951 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.967 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.745 degrees. |