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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 White House Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White House Landing 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 White House Landing:
- 32.933739, -90.760375
- 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 House Landing
- 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
- Since White House Landing 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 White House Landing
Communities Also Named White House Landing ...
We found one communities that are also named White House Landing.
Within Mississippi, the name White House Landing is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named White House Landing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This White House Landing is located in Kent County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the White House Landing that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of White House Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near White House Landing ...
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.
- Anchorage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Anchorage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Big Eddy Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
- Chapel Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
- Choctaw Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
- George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- George is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Holland Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
- Hollands ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollands is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
- Holly Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Riverside Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From White House Landing 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 House Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White House Landing and extending to:
- Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from White House Landing to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,335 miles [8,585.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- White House Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 White House Landing 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 White House Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9337, Longitude: -90.7604 In this case, the coordinates for White House Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.057 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.967 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.027 degrees. |
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