Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Damascus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Damascus and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Damascus
- 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 Damascus:
- 32.657636, -88.833940
- 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 Damascus
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Kemper County
- Since Damascus is near Neshoba County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
- eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Damascus ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Damascus.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Damascus.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Damascus, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Damascus is located in Coffee County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Damascus.
- Cullman County
- This Damascus is located in Cullman County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the northeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Damascus.
- Escambia County
- This Damascus is located in Escambia County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the southeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Damascus.
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Damascus is located in Columbia County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Damascus.
- Van Buren County
- This Damascus is located in Van Buren County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km] to the northwest of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Damascus.
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Early County
- This Damascus is located in Early County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Damascus.
- Gordon County
- This Damascus is located in Gordon County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east northeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Damascus.
- Illinois
- Maine
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Damascus lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Henry 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 Damascus [Henry County].
- Logan County
- This community is historic and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Damascus.
- Mahoning County
- This Damascus is located in Mahoning County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Damascus.
- Ontario
- This Damascus lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Damascus that is located in Kemper County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Syria
- - Dimashq
- Distance: 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km]<1> to the northeast
- Syria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Damascus ...
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.
- Darnall ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Herbert ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Herbert Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbert Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Springs
- Herbert Springs is located in Neshoba County
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Martin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Moscow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Prismatic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Red Bud ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Shucktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Texas ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Damascus 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 community such as Damascus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Damascus and extending to:
- De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Damascus to De Kalb, 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 82 miles [132 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,264 miles [8,471.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Damascus. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Damascus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damascus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6576, Longitude: -88.8339 In this case, the coordinates for Damascus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Damascus 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 Damascus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Damascus 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 314.844 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.521 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.285 degrees. |