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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 Eminence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eminence 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 Eminence:
    • 31.612943, -89.433954
    • 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 Eminence
  • 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 Covington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
    • Since Eminence is near Jones County and also Jefferson Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis 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 Eminence

Communities Also Named Eminence ...

We found nine communities that are also named Eminence.

Within Mississippi, the name Eminence is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Eminence is located in Chicot County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Eminence.
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Eminence is located in Morgan County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Eminence.
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Finney County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Eminence.
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eminence [Smith County].
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Eminence [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henry County
      • This Eminence is located in Henry County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Eminence.
    • Missouri
      • Shannon County
      • This Eminence is located in Shannon County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Eminence.
    • New York
      • Schoharie County
      • This Eminence is located in Schoharie County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Eminence.
    • Texas
      • Chambers County
      • This Eminence is located in Chambers County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Covington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Eminence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eminence ...

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.

  • Cold Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cold Springs is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Kelly
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kelly is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Leaf River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Leaf River is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf River
  • Providence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Providence is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Seminary
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Oak is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak
  • Speedtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Speedtown is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedtown
  • Station Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Station Creek is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Creek
  • Willowtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willowtown is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown

How Far From Eminence to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eminence to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Collins, which is the Seat of Covington County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Eminence to Jackson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 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 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Eminence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Eminence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Eminence 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Eminence 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 Eminence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6129, Longitude: -89.4340       In this case, the coordinates for Eminence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.114 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.694 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.709 degrees.