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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 Highland Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Meadows and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Highland Meadows:
    • 32.352922, -90.144531
    • 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 Highland Meadows
  • 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 Highland Meadows ...

We found five communities that share the name Highland Meadows.

Within Mississippi, the name Highland Meadows is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highland Meadows that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Highland Meadows.
    • Indiana
      • Grant 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 Indiana community of Highland Meadows [Grant County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Highland Meadows [Allegheny County].
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Highland Meadows is located in Harris County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Highland Meadows that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Highland Meadows.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Highland Meadows is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Meadows that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Highland Meadows.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Meadows ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
    • Beaver Creek is located in Madison County
  • Hickory Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
    • Hickory Glen is located in Rankin County
  • Hope Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Springs
    • Hope Springs is located in Hinds County
  • Kings Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
    • Kings Heights is located in Rankin County
  • Randall Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randall Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Place
    • Randall Place is located in Rankin County
  • Rolling Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Hinds County
  • Skyway Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyway Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyway Hills
    • Skyway Hills is located in Rankin County
  • Squirrel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
    • Squirrel Hill is located in Madison County
  • Summerwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
    • Summerwood is located in Rankin County
  • Tougaloo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tougaloo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tougaloo
    • Tougaloo is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tougaloo <4>
  • Village Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Glen
    • Village Glen is located in Madison County
  • Village Square
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
    • Village Square is located in Madison County

How Far From Highland Meadows 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 Highland Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Meadows and extending to:

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Hinds County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Meadows to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,335 miles [8,585.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Meadows. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hinds County: www.co.hinds.ms.us/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland Meadows) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3529, Longitude: -90.1445       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Meadows 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Highland Meadows 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>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 Highland Meadows 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 315.62 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.382 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.871 degrees.




 

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