Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Esperanza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Esperanza and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Esperanza
- 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 Esperanza:
- 34.357883, -89.160902
- 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 Esperanza
- 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 Pontotoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pontotoc County
- Since Esperanza is near Union County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Esperanza ...
We found seven communities that share the name Esperanza.
Within Mississippi, the name Esperanza is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Esperanza lies 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Esperanza that is located in Pontotoc County.
- California
- Orange County
- This Esperanza is located in Orange County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<1> to the west of the Esperanza that is located in Pontotoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Esperanza.
- Siskiyou County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Esperanza [Siskiyou County].
- Tulare 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 California community of Esperanza [Tulare County].
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Hudspeth County
- This Esperanza is located in Hudspeth County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the west of the Esperanza that is located in Pontotoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudspeth County community of Esperanza.
- Montgomery County
- This Esperanza is located in Montgomery County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the southwest of the Esperanza that is located in Pontotoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Esperanza.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Esperanza ...
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.
- Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Union County
- Flatwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Pontotoc County
- Hurricane
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Poolville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Possum Trot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Rocky Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Pontotoc County
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Pontotoc County
- Turnpike
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
How Far From Esperanza 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 Esperanza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Esperanza and extending to:
- Pontotoc, which is the Seat of Pontotoc County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Esperanza to Pontotoc, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,326 miles [11,790.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Esperanza. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Esperanza) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Esperanza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3579, Longitude: -89.1609 In this case, the coordinates for Esperanza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Esperanza, 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 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 Esperanza 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> | 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 Esperanza 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 315.176 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.137 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.096 degrees. |