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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 De Berry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to De Berry 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 De Berry:
- 32.303684, -94.166741
- 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 De Berry
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since De Berry is near Harrison County and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- 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 De Berry
Curious and Interesting Names Near De Berry ...
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.
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centennial
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Deadwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deadwood is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
- Elysian Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Four Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Four Forks is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Gill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gill is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
- Grand Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grand Bluff is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bluff
- Walnut Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From De Berry 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 De Berry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in De Berry and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from De Berry to Carthage, 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 four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,634 miles [12,285.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,510 miles [8,867.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- De Berry) 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 De Berry 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 De Berry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3037, Longitude: -94.1667 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.154 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.331 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.562 degrees. |
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