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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 Hintonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hintonville 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 Hintonville:
- 31.261014, -88.921990
- 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 Hintonville
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Hintonville is near Greene County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Hintonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hintonville ...
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.
- Brewer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Good Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Goodluck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Hercules Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hercules Station is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules Station
- Indian Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Little Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
- Progress
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Redhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redhill is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhill
- Sand Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
How Far From Hintonville 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 Hintonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hintonville and extending to:
- New Augusta, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hintonville to Jackson, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hintonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hintonville 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 Hintonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2610, Longitude: -88.9220 In this case, the coordinates for Hintonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.771 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.248 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.567 degrees. |
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