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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 Mims, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mims 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 Mims:
- 34.229403, -90.130625
- 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 Mims
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Mims is near Quitman County and also Tallahatchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie 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 Mims
Communities Also Named Mims ...
We found six communities that are also named Mims.
Within Mississippi, the name Mims is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mims [Jefferson County].
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mims [Monroe County].
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Mims is located in Brevard County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mims that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Mims.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Mims is located in Lexington County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<2> to the east of the Mims that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Mims.
- Tennessee
- Sumner County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mims [Sumner County].
- Texas
- Brazoria County
- This Mims is located in Brazoria County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mims that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Mims.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mims ...
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.
- Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bobo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chancy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chancy is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancy
- Chapeltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Darling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darling is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling
- Marks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oliverfried
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oliverfried is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliverfried
- Pope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Mims 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 Mims to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mims and extending to:
- Batesville, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mims to Batesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Mims 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mims) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Mims, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mims 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 Mims. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2294, Longitude: -90.1306 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.773 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.812 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.532 degrees. |
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