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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 Chalybeate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chalybeate 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 Chalybeate:
- 34.930369, -88.868114
- 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 Chalybeate
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippah County
- Since Chalybeate is near Hardeman County and also Alcorn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardeman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn 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 Chalybeate
Communities Also Named Chalybeate ...
We found five communities that are also named Chalybeate.
Within Mississippi, the name Chalybeate is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Edmonson County
- This Chalybeate is located in Edmonson County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chalybeate that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edmonson County community of Chalybeate.
- North Carolina
- Harnett 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 Chalybeate [Harnett County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- This Chalybeate is located in Bedford County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chalybeate that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Chalybeate.
- Tennessee
- Van Buren County
- This Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chalybeate that is located in Tippah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Chalybeate.
- Texas
- Wood 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 Texas community of Chalybeate [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chalybeate ...
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.
- Brody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Brody is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brody
- Crow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crow is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Cuba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cypress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Falkner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Pocahontas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Poor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poor is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor
- Rogers Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Silver Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Walnut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walnut Creek is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
How Far From Chalybeate 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 Chalybeate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chalybeate and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Tippah County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chalybeate to Ripley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 196 miles [315.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chalybeate) 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 Chalybeate 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Chalybeate 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 Chalybeate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9304, Longitude: -88.8681 In this case, the coordinates for Chalybeate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.857 degrees. |
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