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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 Wahalak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wahalak 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 Wahalak:
- 32.907525, -88.527942
- 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 Wahalak
- 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
- Since Wahalak is near Noxubee County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Wahalak
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wahalak ...
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 Lake ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Lake is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Clearman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clearman is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearman
- Cooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Electric Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Geiger
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Old Scooba ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Scooba is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba
- Paulette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paulette is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Summerville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
How Far From Wahalak to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wahalak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wahalak and extending to:
- De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wahalak to De Kalb, with an average speed<2> 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,364 miles [11,851.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,240 miles [8,433 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wahalak) 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 Wahalak 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 Wahalak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9075, Longitude: -88.5279 In this case, the coordinates for Wahalak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.678 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.363 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.115 degrees. |
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