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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 Fellowship, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fellowship and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fellowship:
    • 31.937946, -94.031858
    • 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 Fellowship
  • 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Fellowship is near De Soto Parish and also Panola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Panola 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 Fellowship

Communities Also Named Fellowship ...

We found five communities that are also named Fellowship.

Within Texas, the name Fellowship is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Fellowship is located in Marion County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fellowship that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Fellowship.
    • Georgia
      • Cook County
      • This Fellowship is located in Cook County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east of the Fellowship that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Fellowship.
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • This Fellowship is located in La Salle Parish and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the east of the Fellowship that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Fellowship.
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Fellowship [Jasper County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Fellowship is located in Burlington County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fellowship that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Fellowship.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fellowship ...

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.

  • Africa ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Africa is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
  • Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cook ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cook is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
  • Flat Fork
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Flat Fork is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Fork
  • Hunter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hunter is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • James
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • James is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Longstreet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New Harmony
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • New Harmony is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
  • Spider ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Spider is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider
  • Stanley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stanley is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Wood Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wood Springs is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs

How Far From Fellowship to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fellowship to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fellowship and extending to:

  • Center, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fellowship to Center, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,067 miles [1,717.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,522 miles [8,886.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fellowship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fellowship, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fellowship 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 Fellowship. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9379, Longitude: -94.0319       In this case, the coordinates for Fellowship have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.023 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.13 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.552 degrees.