Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Whites Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whites Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Whites Crossing
- 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 Whites Crossing:
- 30.848245, -89.040324
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Whites Crossing
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Whites Crossing is near Perry County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Perry County
- eBird sighting report for Forrest 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Whites Crossing ...
We found four communities that share the name Whites Crossing.
Within Mississippi, the name Whites Crossing is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Whites Crossing [Greene County].
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- This Whites Crossing is located in Columbus County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Whites Crossing that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Whites Crossing.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- This Whites Crossing is located in Lackawanna County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Whites Crossing that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Whites Crossing.
- Utah
- Morgan County
- This Whites Crossing is located in Morgan County and lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Whites Crossing that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Whites Crossing.
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whites Crossing ...
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.
- Barbara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Big Level
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Bond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Deep Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Deep Creek is located in Perry County
- Fruitland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland Park
- Fruitland Park is located in Forrest County
- India
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Janice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Maxie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Ruble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Ten Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Whites Crossing 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 Whites Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whites Crossing and extending to:
- Wiggins, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies just to the West.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Whites Crossing to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 876 miles [1,409.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,479 miles [12,036.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,356 miles [8,619.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whites Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Whites Crossing could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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- Whites Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whites Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8482, Longitude: -89.0403 In this case, the coordinates for Whites Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Whites Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.227 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.682 degrees. |