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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 Orysa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orysa 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 Orysa:
- 35.622302, -89.497852
- 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 Orysa
- 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Since Orysa is near Tipton County and also Haywood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood 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 Orysa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orysa ...
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.
- Cotton Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cotton Lake is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Lake
- Edward Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edward Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward Grove
- Gift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Hurricane Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hurricane Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Hill
- Nutbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Solo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Solo is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Tabernacle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
How Far From Orysa 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 Orysa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Orysa and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Orysa to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Orysa) 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 Orysa 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 Orysa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6223, Longitude: -89.4979 In this case, the coordinates for Orysa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.47 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.65 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.986 degrees. |
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