Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Apple, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Apple and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Apple

• 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 White Apple:
  • 31.457186, -91.073895
  • 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 White Apple

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since White Apple is near Adams County and also Amite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Amite 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 White Apple

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Apple ...

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.

• Bunkley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bunkley is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkley
• Flat Rock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Flat Rock is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
• Franklin
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
• Freewoods
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Freewoods is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewoods
• Garden City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden City is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Garden City
  • From White Apple to Garden City
• Harvard Ferry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Harvard Ferry is located in Wilkinson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Ferry
• Kirby
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kirby is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
• Leesdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Leesdale is located in Adams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
• Orange
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Orange is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange

How Far From White Apple 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 White Apple to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Apple and extending to:

• Meadville, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from White Apple to Meadville, 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,542 miles [12,137.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,417 miles [8,717.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'