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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 Jaynesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jaynesville 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 Jaynesville:
- 31.770584, -89.769574
- 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 Jaynesville
- 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 Simpson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- Since Jaynesville is near Jefferson Davis County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Jaynesville
Communities Also Named Jaynesville ...
We found one communities that are also named Jaynesville.
Within Mississippi, the name Jaynesville is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Jaynesville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Jaynesville #
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=31.770584&lon=-89.769574&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Jaynesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jaynesville ...
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.
- Coats
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cyclone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cyclone is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Magee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Merry Hell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Merry Hell is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Hell
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rock Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Sanatorium
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Jaynesville 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 Jaynesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jaynesville and extending to:
- Mendenhall, which is the Seat of Simpson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jaynesville to Mendenhall, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,470 miles [12,021.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,346 miles [8,603.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jaynesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Jaynesville 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 Jaynesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7706, Longitude: -89.7696 In this case, the coordinates for Jaynesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.334 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.816 degrees. |
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