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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 Burnsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnsville 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 Burnsville:
    • 34.834784, -88.317702
    • 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 Burnsville
  • 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 Tishomingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo County
    • Since Burnsville is near Alcorn County and also Prentiss County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss 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 Burnsville

Communities Also Named Burnsville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Burnsville.

Within Mississippi, the name Burnsville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Burnsville is located in Dallas County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Burnsville.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Burnsville is located in Bartholomew County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Burnsville.
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota County
      • This Burnsville is located in Dakota County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Burnsville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Burnsville lies 1,484 miles [2,388.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
    • North Carolina
      • Anson County
      • This Burnsville is located in Anson County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the east of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Burnsville.
      • Yancey County
      • This Burnsville is located in Yancey County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yancey County community of Burnsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • 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 Pennsylvania community of Burnsville [Washington County].
    • Virginia
      • Bath County
      • This Burnsville is located in Bath County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Burnsville.
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This Burnsville is located in Braxton County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnsville that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Burnsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnsville ...

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.

  • Altitude
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Altitude is located in Prentiss County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
  • Biggersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
  • Cairo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cairo is located in Prentiss County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Chickasaw Crossing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chickasaw Crossing is located in Colbert County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Crossing
  • Cooks Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooks Landing is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Landing
  • Cross Roads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Glen is located in Alcorn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
  • High Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • High Point is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Holiday Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Indian Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Alcorn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Red Sulphur Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Red Sulphur Springs is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Sulphur Springs
  • Short
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Short is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnsville and extending to:

  • Iuka, which is the Seat of Tishomingo County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Burnsville to Jackson, with an average speed<3>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 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 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- Burnsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Burnsville 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>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 Burnsville 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 Burnsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8348, Longitude: -88.3177       In this case, the coordinates for Burnsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.683 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.632 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.643 degrees.