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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 Drummonds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drummonds 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 Drummonds:
- 35.463579, -89.910257
- 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 Drummonds
- 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 Tipton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton County
- Since Drummonds is near Mississippi County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Drummonds
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drummonds ...
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.
- Beaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Black Cat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Black Cat is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cat
- Crosstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crosstown is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Deans Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deans Island is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Island
- Egypt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Egypt is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Flatwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flatwood is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Gilt Edge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Howards Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howards Landing is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Landing
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Pecan Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Peckerwood Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Peckerwood Point is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckerwood Point
- Randolph
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Towering Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Towering Heights is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Heights
How Far From Drummonds 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 Drummonds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Drummonds and extending to:
- Covington, which is the Seat of Tipton County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Drummonds to Covington, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 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 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Drummonds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Drummonds 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 Drummonds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4636, Longitude: -89.9103 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.722 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.919 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.198 degrees. |
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