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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 Eastside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastside and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Eastside:
    • 31.282121, -89.193670
    • 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 Eastside
  • 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 Forrest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest County
    • Since Eastside is near Perry County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Eastside

Communities Also Named Eastside ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Eastside.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Eastside.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Jackson County
      • This Eastside is located in Jackson County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Eastside.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Ada 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 Idaho community of Eastside [Ada County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Eastside [Hennepin County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Eastside is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Eastside.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Eastside is located in Iredell County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Eastside.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Eastside is located in Ottawa County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Eastside.
    • Ontario
      • This Eastside lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Eastside is located in Coos County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eastside that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Eastside.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon 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 Tennessee community of Eastside [Cannon County].
      • Sullivan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Eastside [Sullivan County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion 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 West Virginia community of Eastside [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastside ...

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.

  • Carterville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carterville is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
  • Four Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Four Points is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Goodluck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • Harvey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvey is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Indian Springs is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Mars Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mars Hill is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Peoples Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Peoples Ferry is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Ferry
  • Petal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <3>
  • Ragland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ragland is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
  • Sunrise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunrise is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise

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

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

  • Hattiesburg, which is the Seat of Forrest County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Eastside 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,343 miles [8,598.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eastside) 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 Eastside 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 Eastside 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 Eastside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2821, Longitude: -89.1937       In this case, the coordinates for Eastside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.937 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.443 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.67 degrees.