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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 Lovelace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lovelace and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lovelace:
    • 31.212400, -89.859247
    • 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 Lovelace
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Lovelace is near Walthall County and also Jefferson Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walthall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis 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 Lovelace

Communities Also Named Lovelace ...

We found five communities that are also named Lovelace.

Within Mississippi, the name Lovelace is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Lovelace is located in Lincoln County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lovelace that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Lovelace.
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln County
      • This Lovelace is located in Lincoln County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lovelace that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Lovelace.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes 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 North Carolina community of Lovelace [Wilkes County].
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Lovelace is located in Greene County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lovelace that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Lovelace.
    • Texas
      • Hill County
      • This Lovelace is located in Hill County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the west of the Lovelace that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Lovelace.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lovelace ...

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.

  • Edna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Edna is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
  • Emmanuel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Emmanuel is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmanuel
  • Expose
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Expose is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Hub
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hub is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
  • Hurricane Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hurricane Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
  • Jamestown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jamestown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Keno ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Keno is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
  • Mildred
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mildred is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
  • Pickwick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pickwick is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick

How Far From Lovelace 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 Lovelace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lovelace and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lovelace to Jackson, with an average speed<3>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 896 miles [1,442 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,499 miles [12,068.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,376 miles [8,651.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Lovelace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lovelace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lovelace 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 Lovelace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2124, Longitude: -89.8592       In this case, the coordinates for Lovelace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.333 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.894 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.943 degrees.