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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 Highpoint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highpoint 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 Highpoint:
- 33.188181, -89.146176
- 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 Highpoint
- 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 Winston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
- Since Highpoint is near Choctaw County and also Attala County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Attala 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 Highpoint
Communities Also Named Highpoint ...
We found seven communities that are also named Highpoint.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Highpoint.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Choctaw 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 Mississippi community of Highpoint [Choctaw County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- This Highpoint is located in Arapahoe County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Highpoint that is located in Winston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Highpoint.
- Florida
- Pinellas County
- This Highpoint is located in Pinellas County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Highpoint that is located in Winston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Highpoint.
- Kansas
- Ness 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 Kansas community of Highpoint [Ness County].
- Maryland
- Cecil County
- This Highpoint is located in Cecil County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Highpoint that is located in Winston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Highpoint.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Highpoint is located in Hamilton County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Highpoint that is located in Winston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Highpoint.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Highpoint [Knox County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highpoint ...
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.
- Calvary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Calvary is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Chester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Edgefield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Edgefield is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ford is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Gum Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCool
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Rural Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Hill is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
How Far From Highpoint 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 Highpoint to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highpoint and extending to:
- Louisville, which is the Seat of Winston County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Highpoint to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Highpoint 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highpoint) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Highpoint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Highpoint 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 Highpoint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1882, Longitude: -89.1462 In this case, the coordinates for Highpoint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.078 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.865 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.314 degrees. |
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