Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blue Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Mountain and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blue Mountain
- 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 Blue Mountain:
- 34.670977, -89.026522
- 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 Blue Mountain
- 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 Tippah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tippah County
- Since Blue Mountain is near Benton County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Union 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 Blue Mountain ...
We found ten communities that share the name Blue Mountain.
Within Mississippi, the name Blue Mountain is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Calhoun County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Blue Mountain.
- Arkansas
- Logan County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Logan County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Blue Mountain.
- Colorado
- Moffat County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Moffat County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moffat County community of Blue Mountain.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Frederick County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Blue Mountain.
- Washington County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Washington County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the east northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blue Mountain.
- New York
- Ulster County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Ulster County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Blue Mountain.
- Nova Scotia
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Blue Mountain.
- Ontario
- This Blue Mountain lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Blue Mountain.
- Virginia
- Warren County
- This Blue Mountain is located in Warren County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blue Mountain that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Blue Mountain.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Mountain ...
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.
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Cotton Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Cotton Plant is located in Tippah County
- Gravestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Hickory Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Hickory Flat is located in Benton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Flat <4>
- Mitchell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Union County
- Pumpkin Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Union County
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Tippah County
How Far From Blue Mountain 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 town such as Blue Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Mountain and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Tippah County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Mountain to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Mountain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Mountain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6710, Longitude: -89.0265 |
| <2> | 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 Blue Mountain 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Blue Mountain to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.113 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.108 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.977 degrees. |