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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 Homochitto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homochitto 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 Homochitto:
- 32.867628, -91.060106
- 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 Homochitto
- 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 Issaquena County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
- Since Homochitto is near East Carroll Parish and also Sharkey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey 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 Homochitto
Communities Also Named Homochitto ...
We found two communities that are also named Homochitto.
There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Homochitto.
Beyond Mississippi.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Amite County
- This Homochitto is located in Amite County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the south of the Homochitto that is located in Issaquena County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Homochitto.
- Franklin 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 Mississippi community of Homochitto [Franklin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homochitto ...
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.
- Booth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Booth is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Brunett ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brunett is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunett
- Cottonwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Glen Allan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glen Allan is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allan
- Grace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grace is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hollybrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollybrook is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
- Lake Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Homochitto 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 Homochitto 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 Homochitto once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Homochitto and extending to:
- Mayersville, which is the Seat of Issaquena County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Homochitto to Jackson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,476 miles [12,031.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,351 miles [8,611.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Homochitto) 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 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 Homochitto 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Homochitto, 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 Homochitto 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 Homochitto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8676, Longitude: -91.0601 In this case, the coordinates for Homochitto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.238 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.169 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.163 degrees. |
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