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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 Barnes Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barnes Prairie 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 Barnes Prairie:
    • 32.421532, -90.014250
    • 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 Barnes Prairie
  • 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Since Barnes Prairie is near Madison County and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds 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 Barnes Prairie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnes Prairie ...

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.

  • Arrowhead Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Arrowhead Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Point
  • Forest Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Point
  • Harbourview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Harbourview is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbourview
  • Lakeshore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeshore is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Millrun
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Millrun is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrun
  • Paradise Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Point
  • Roses Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Roses Bluff is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Bluff
  • Sandalwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sandalwood is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
  • Sunrise Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sunrise Point is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Point
  • Tavern Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Tavern Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Hill
  • Tidewater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Tidewater is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
  • Timber Lakes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Timber Lakes is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Treasure Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Treasure Cove is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Cove
    • Turtle Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Turtle Creek is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
    • Twin Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Harbor is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Harbor
    • Waterwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterwood is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwood
    • Woodlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlake is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Barnes Prairie 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 Barnes Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Barnes Prairie and extending to:

  • Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Barnes Prairie to Brandon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 853 miles [1,372.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,327 miles [8,573 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Barnes Prairie) 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 Barnes Prairie 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 Barnes Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4215, Longitude: -90.0143       In this case, the coordinates for Barnes Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.546 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.305 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.806 degrees.