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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 Eggville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eggville 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 Eggville:
- 34.330937, -88.568384
- 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 Eggville
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Eggville is near Itawamba County and also Prentiss County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss 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 Eggville
Communities Also Named Eggville ...
We found one communities that are also named Eggville.
Within Mississippi, the name Eggville is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Eggville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Benton 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 Tennessee community of Eggville [Benton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eggville ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chapelville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chapelville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelville
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Guntown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kirkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Pinecrest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Priceville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Rebecca Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rebecca Heights is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Heights
- Skyline
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Terrace Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Terrace Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Eggville 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 Eggville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Eggville and extending to:
- Tupelo, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eggville to Tupelo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 711 miles [1,144.2 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 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 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 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 Eggville 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eggville) 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 Eggville 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 Eggville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3309, Longitude: -88.5684 In this case, the coordinates for Eggville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.706 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.852 degrees. |
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