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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 Avera, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avera 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 Avera:
- 31.297782, -88.739791
- 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 Avera
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Avera is near Perry County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Avera
Communities Also Named Avera ...
We found one communities that are also named Avera.
Within Mississippi, the name Avera is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Avera in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jefferson County
- This Avera is located in Jefferson County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avera that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Avera.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avera ...
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.
- Brewer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Clark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Good Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Hercules Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hercules Station is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules Station
- Hillman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonathan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jonathan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Knobtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Knobtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobtown
- Leakesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Mulberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
How Far From Avera 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 Avera to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avera and extending to:
- Leakesville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Avera to Leakesville, 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.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 842 miles [1,355.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,445 miles [11,981.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Avera) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Avera 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 Avera. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2978, Longitude: -88.7398 In this case, the coordinates for Avera have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.665 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.13 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.49 degrees. |
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