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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 Carters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carters 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 Carters:
    • 32.760966, -88.561986
    • 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 Carters
  • 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
    • Since Carters is near Noxubee County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Carters

Communities Also Named Carters ...

We found seven communities that are also named Carters.

Within Mississippi, the name Carters is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Carters [Pueblo County].
    • Florida
      • Polk 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 Florida community of Carters [Polk County].
    • Georgia
      • Murray County
      • This Carters is located in Murray County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Carters that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Carters.
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Carters [Marion County].
    • Michigan
      • Benzie 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 Michigan community of Carters [Benzie County].
    • Ohio
      • Madison 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 Ohio community of Carters [Madison County].
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Carters is located in Loudoun County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Carters that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Carters.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carters ...

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.

  • Daleville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
  • Electric Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
  • Kipling
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kipling is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Liberty
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Moscow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Moscow is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Old Scooba ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Scooba is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba
  • Porterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Porterville is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Rocky Mount ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Mount is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
  • Yanceys Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yanceys Ferry is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceys Ferry

How Far From Carters to ...

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

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

  • De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies just to the West.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Carters to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 770 miles [1,239.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,372 miles [11,864.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,248 miles [8,445.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Carters 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 from Point A (ie- Carters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Carters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Carters 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 Carters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7610, Longitude: -88.5620       In this case, the coordinates for Carters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.687 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.353 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.156 degrees.