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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 East Jesse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Jesse 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 East Jesse:
- 34.581202, -96.512226
- 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 East Jesse
- 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 Coal County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coal County
- Since East Jesse is near Pontotoc County and also Johnston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pontotoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston 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 East Jesse
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Jesse ...
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.
- Bromide
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bromide Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bromide Junction is located in Johnston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromide Junction
- Coil
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coil is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coil
- Franks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franks is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Jaydee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jaydee is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaydee
- Jesse
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jesse is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
- Leader
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leader is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
- Stonewall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Valley is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From East Jesse to ...
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 East Jesse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Jesse and extending to:
- Coalgate, which is the Seat of Coal County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from East Jesse to Coalgate, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,617 miles [12,258.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,498 miles [8,848.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- East Jesse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Jesse 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 East Jesse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5812, Longitude: -96.5122 In this case, the coordinates for East Jesse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.962 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.739 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.311 degrees. |
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