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 Martintown:
34.458436, -89.054510
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 Martintown
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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Martintown.
Within Mississippi, the name Martintown is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jackson County
This Martintown is located in Jackson County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the east of the Martintown that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Martintown.
Winston County
This Martintown is located in Winston County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the east of the Martintown that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Martintown.
Ontario
This Martintown lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Martintown that is located in Union County.
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
This Martintown is located in Indiana County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Martintown that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Martintown.
Wisconsin
Green County
This Martintown is located in Green County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the north of the Martintown that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Martintown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Martintown ...
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.
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 Martintown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Martintown and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Martintown to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,192 miles [8,355.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Martintown) 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 Martintown 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 Martintown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4584, Longitude: -89.0545 In this case, the coordinates for Martintown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.116 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.082 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.031 degrees.