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 West Fulton:
34.270938, -88.454214
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 West Fulton
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 Itawamba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named West Fulton.
Within Mississippi, the name West Fulton is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Schoharie County
This West Fulton is located in Schoharie County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Fulton that is located in Itawamba County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of West Fulton.
Ohio
Stark County
This West Fulton is located in Stark County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the West Fulton that is located in Itawamba County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of West Fulton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Fulton ...
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.
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 West Fulton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Fulton and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Fulton to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,299 miles [11,746.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 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- West Fulton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 West Fulton 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 West Fulton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2709, Longitude: -88.4542 In this case, the coordinates for West Fulton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.732 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.611 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.817 degrees.