Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Graves, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graves and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Graves
- 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 Graves:
- 34.451491, -88.777001
- 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 Graves
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Graves is near Union County and also Prentiss County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Graves ...
We found seven communities that share the name Graves.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Graves.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Georgia
- Randolph 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 Georgia community of Graves [Randolph County].
- Terrell County
- This Graves is located in Terrell County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Graves that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrell County community of Graves.
- Kansas
- South Carolina
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Graves ...
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.
- Alpine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Blair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Frog Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Island
- Frog Island is located in Lee County
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Graham is located in Union County
- Guntown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntown
- Guntown is located in Lee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,797 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntown <4>
- Halltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Jug Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Parks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Graves 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 Graves to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Graves and extending to:
- Tupelo, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Graves to Tupelo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 718 miles [1,155.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,180 miles [8,336.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Graves. 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 Graves 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' (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- Graves) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Graves. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4515, Longitude: -88.7770 In this case, the coordinates for Graves 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'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 Graves 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 314.943 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.881 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.916 degrees. |