Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flatwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flatwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flatwood
- 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 Flatwood:
- 34.388993, -89.128679
- 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 Flatwood
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Flatwood is near Pontotoc County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pontotoc 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 Flatwood ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Flatwood.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Flatwood.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Choctaw County
- This Flatwood is located in Choctaw County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Flatwood.
- Marengo County
- This Flatwood is located in Marengo County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south southeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Flatwood.
- Montgomery County
- This Flatwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the southeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Flatwood.
- Walker County
- This Flatwood is located in Walker County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east southeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Flatwood.
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- This Flatwood is located in Adair County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the northeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Flatwood.
- Garrard 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 Kentucky community of Flatwood [Garrard County].
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- This Flatwood is located in Tipton County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Flatwood.
- Warren County
- This Flatwood is located in Warren County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the east northeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Flatwood.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flatwood ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Union County
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Pontotoc County
- Hurricane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Martintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martintown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Martintown is located in Union County
- Mitchell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Poolville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Possum Trot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Rocky Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Pontotoc County
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Pontotoc County
- Turnpike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
How Far From Flatwood 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 Flatwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flatwood and extending to:
- New Albany, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flatwood to New Albany, 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 156 miles [251.1 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 737 miles [1,186.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flatwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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 Flatwood 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> | 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- Flatwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flatwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3890, Longitude: -89.1287 In this case, the coordinates for Flatwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Flatwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.158 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.121 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.077 degrees. |