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.
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 ...
Noxubee 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 Mississippi community of Flatwood [Noxubee County].
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
Shannon County
This Flatwood is located in Shannon County and lies 234 miles [376.6 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 Shannon County community of Flatwood.
North Carolina
Ashe County
This Flatwood is located in Ashe County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Flatwood.
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
Van Zandt 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 Texas community of Flatwood [Van Zandt County].
Virginia
Wythe County
This Flatwood is located in Wythe County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Flatwood that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Flatwood.
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)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 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>
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 '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- 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.