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 Hugo:
33.787060, -90.150087
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.
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 Tallahatchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hugo.
Within Mississippi, the name Hugo is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Marengo County
This Hugo is located in Marengo County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Hugo.
Arkansas
Phillips County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hugo [Phillips County].
Colorado
Lincoln County
This Hugo is located in Lincoln County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Hugo.
Illinois
Douglas County
This Hugo is located in Douglas County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Hugo.
Indiana
Allen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hugo [Allen County].
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Hugo is located in Washington County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the north of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hugo.
Missouri
Camden County
This Hugo is located in Camden County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Hugo.
Montgomery County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hugo [Montgomery County].
North Carolina
Lenoir County
This Hugo is located in Lenoir County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Hugo.
Ohio
Portage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hugo [Portage County].
Oklahoma
Choctaw County
This Hugo is located in Choctaw County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Hugo.
Oregon
Josephine County
This Hugo is located in Josephine County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Hugo.
Virginia
Southampton County
This Hugo is located in Southampton County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Hugo.
Washington
Chelan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hugo [Chelan County].
West Virginia
Putnam County
This Hugo is located in Putnam County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hugo that is located in Tallahatchie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hugo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hugo ...
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.
Effie (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hugo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hugo and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Tallahatchie County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hugo to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 809 miles [1,302 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,270 miles [8,481.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hugo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hugo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7871, Longitude: -90.1501 In this case, the coordinates for Hugo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Hugo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Hugo 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.
<4>
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.
<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 Hugo 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 315.75 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.725 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.622 degrees.