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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 Biggersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Biggersville 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 Biggersville:
- 34.837566, -88.559412
- 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 Biggersville
- 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 Alcorn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn County
- Since Biggersville is near Prentiss County and also Tishomingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo 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 Biggersville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Biggersville ...
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.
- Crow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crow is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Gift
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gift is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Hightown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Synagogue
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Synagogue is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synagogue
- Thrasher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Thrasher is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrasher
How Far From Biggersville 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 Biggersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Biggersville and extending to:
- Corinth, which is the Seat of Alcorn County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Biggersville to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Biggersville) 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 Biggersville 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 Biggersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8376, Longitude: -88.5594 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.833 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.806 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.744 degrees. |
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