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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 Dry Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Grove 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 Dry Grove:
- 32.129041, -90.436483
- 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 Dry Grove
- 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 Hinds County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
- Since Dry Grove is near Copiah County and also Rankin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Copiah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin 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 Dry Grove
Communities Also Named Dry Grove ...
We found one communities that are also named Dry Grove.
Within Mississippi, the name Dry Grove is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Dry Grove in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Dry Grove [Abbeville County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Grove ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Crystal Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dears Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dears Ferry is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dears Ferry
- Harperville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harperville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Jack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jack is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
- Learned
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Palestine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Raintree Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree Place is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Place
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rosemary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosemary is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Seven Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Springs is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Terry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Willowood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willowood is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowood
How Far From Dry Grove 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 Dry Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dry Grove and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Hinds County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Grove to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,358 miles [8,622.9 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 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 Dry Grove 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dry Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dry Grove 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 Dry Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1290, Longitude: -90.4365 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.779 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.536 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.027 degrees. |
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