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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 Heidelberg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg:
- 31.887834, -88.986322
- 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 Heidelberg
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Heidelberg is near Jones County and also Clarke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke 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 Heidelberg
Communities Also Named Heidelberg ...
We found six communities that are also named Heidelberg.
Within Mississippi, the name Heidelberg is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Lee County
- This Heidelberg is located in Lee County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heidelberg that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Heidelberg.
- Minnesota
- Le Sueur County
- This Heidelberg is located in Le Sueur County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Heidelberg that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Sueur County community of Heidelberg.
- Ontario
- This Heidelberg lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heidelberg that is located in Jasper County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Heidelberg is located in Allegheny County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heidelberg that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Heidelberg.
- Luzerne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Heidelberg [Luzerne County].
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Heidelberg is located in Hidalgo County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Heidelberg that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Heidelberg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heidelberg ...
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.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goodwater is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hawkes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hawkes is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
- Mulberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Nancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nancy is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
- Orange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Powers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Powers is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Sandersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
How Far From Heidelberg 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 town such as Heidelberg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Heidelberg and extending to:
- Bay Springs, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Heidelberg to Bay Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,430 miles [11,957.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heidelberg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Heidelberg 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. |
| <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 Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8878, Longitude: -88.9863 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.869 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.484 degrees. |
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