Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hickory Flat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Flat and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hickory Flat
- 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 Hickory Flat:
- 34.018444, -88.877000
- 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 Hickory Flat
- 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 Chickasaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chickasaw County
- Since Hickory Flat is near Pontotoc County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pontotoc County
- eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Hickory Flat ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Hickory Flat.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Hickory Flat.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Benton County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Benton County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hickory Flat.
- Benton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers 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 Alabama community of Hickory Flat [Chambers County].
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Johnson County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hickory Flat.
- White County
- This Hickory Flat is located in White County and lies 192 miles [309 km] to the west northwest of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Hickory Flat.
- Georgia
- Banks 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 Georgia community of Hickory Flat [Banks County].
- Cherokee County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Cherokee County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the east of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Hickory Flat.
- Kentucky
- Jackson County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Jackson County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hickory Flat.
- Simpson County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the northeast of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Hickory Flat.
- South Carolina
- Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Hickory Flat [Anderson County].
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the north of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hickory Flat.
- Virginia
- Carroll County
- This Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hickory Flat that is located in Chickasaw County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hickory Flat.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Flat ...
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.
- Bacon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Chalk Bluff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chalk Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Bluff
- Chalk Bluff is located in Chickasaw County
- Goodford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
- Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
- Jolly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Pikeville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Poplar Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Poplar Springs is located in Chickasaw County
- Prairie Mount ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Mount have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Mount
- Prairie Mount is located in Chickasaw County
- Ridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Shake Rag ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Hickory Flat to ...
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 Hickory Flat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Hickory Flat once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hickory Flat and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Chickasaw County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Flat to Houston, with an average speed<5> 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 140 miles [225.3 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,204 miles [8,375 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hickory Flat) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickory Flat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0184, Longitude: -88.8770 In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Flat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Hickory Flat 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> | 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hickory Flat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Hickory Flat 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 314.975 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.044 degrees. |