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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 Barrs Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrs Mill 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 Barrs Mill:
    • 33.797338, -88.852832
    • 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 Barrs Mill
  • 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Since Barrs Mill is near Chickasaw County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Barrs Mill

Communities Also Named Barrs Mill ...

We found one communities that are also named Barrs Mill.

Within Mississippi, the name Barrs Mill is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Barrs Mill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike 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 Alabama community of Barrs Mill [Pike County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrs Mill ...

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.

  • Anchor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Anchor is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
  • Cairo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cairo is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Chalk Bluff ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Chalk Bluff is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Bluff
  • Egypt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Goose Pond ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Goose Pond is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Pond
  • Hopewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hopewell is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jolly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jolly is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
  • Palestine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Palestine is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Pikeville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pikeville is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Prairie is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
  • Prospect ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Prospect is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect

How Far From Barrs Mill to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barrs Mill and extending to:

  • West Point, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barrs Mill to West Point, 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 five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 744 miles [1,197.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,338 miles [11,809.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Barrs Mill 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barrs Mill) 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 Barrs Mill 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 Barrs Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7973, Longitude: -88.8528       In this case, the coordinates for Barrs Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.944 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.793 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.077 degrees.