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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 Burt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burt 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 Burt:
    • 34.495658, -89.333409
    • 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 Burt
  • 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 Lafayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Since Burt is near Marshall County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Burt

Communities Also Named Burt ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Burt.

Within Mississippi, the name Burt is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Burt is located in Tazewell County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the north of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Burt.
    • Iowa
      • Kossuth County
      • This Burt is located in Kossuth County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Burt.
    • Kansas
      • Woodson 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 Kansas community of Burt [Woodson County].
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • This Burt is located in Saginaw County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Burt.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Burt is located in Niagara County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Burt.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake 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 North Carolina community of Burt [Wake County].
    • North Dakota
      • Hettinger County
      • This Burt is located in Hettinger County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hettinger County community of Burt.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tillman County
      • This Burt is located in Tillman County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the west of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillman County community of Burt.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This Burt is located in Cannon County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Burt.
    • Virginia
      • Sussex County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Burt [Sussex County].
    • Washington
      • Pacific County
      • This Burt is located in Pacific County and lies 1,957 miles [3,149.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burt that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Burt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burt ...

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.

  • Cornersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
  • Denmark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Denmark is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Dukes Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dukes Ferry is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Ferry
  • Enterprise
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Enterprise is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Flatwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatwood is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Hickory Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Keel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Keel is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
  • Molly Barr Cove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Molly Barr Cove is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molly Barr Cove
  • Poolville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Poolville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
  • Potts Camp
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Ford is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Rolling Woods
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Woods is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
  • Rollings Woods
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rollings Woods is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollings Woods

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

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

  • Oxford, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burt to Oxford, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,327 miles [11,791.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Burt) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Burt 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Burt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Burt 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 Burt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4957, Longitude: -89.3334       In this case, the coordinates for Burt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.293 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.292 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.142 degrees.