Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Wingfield Place:
  • 32.280702, -90.245923
  • 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 Wingfield Place

• 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 Hinds County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
  • Since Wingfield Place is near Rankin County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Wingfield Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingfield Place ...

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.

• Choctaw Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
• Elton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Elton is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
• Elton Place
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Elton Place is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton Place
• Garden Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Garden Park is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
• Lost Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lost Lake is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
• Oak Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Creek is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
• Queens Lane
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Queens Lane is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Lane
• Raintree Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Raintree Place is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Place
• Red Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Red Hill is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Sunkist
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sunkist is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist
• Van Winkle
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Van Winkle is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle
• Willowood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Willowood is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowood

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

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

• Jackson, which is the Seat of Hinds County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wingfield Place to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,468 miles [12,018.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,343 miles [8,598.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'