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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 Gwin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gwin and the surrounding area.
- 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 Gwin:
- 33.171205, -90.222861
- 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 Gwin
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Gwin is near Humphreys County and also Leflore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore 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 Gwin
Communities Also Named Gwin ...
We found one communities that are also named Gwin.
Within Mississippi, the name Gwin is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Gwin in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Henderson 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 Gwin [Henderson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gwin ...
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.
- Blissdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blissdale is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissdale
- Butler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Butler is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Choctaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Choctaw is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Good Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oregon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oregon is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Pinchback
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pinchback is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinchback
- Refuge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Refuge is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
How Far From Gwin to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gwin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gwin and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gwin to Lexington, with an average speed<3> 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 59 miles [95 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,426 miles [11,951 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Gwin 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 from Point A (ie- Gwin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Gwin 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 Gwin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1712, Longitude: -90.2229 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.635 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.762 degrees. |
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