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 North Haven:
34.520934, -88.988952
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 North Haven
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 six communities that are also named North Haven.
Within Mississippi, the name North Haven is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This North Haven is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of North Haven.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This North Haven is located in New Haven County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of North Haven.
Maine
Knox County
This North Haven is located in Knox County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of North Haven.
New York
Suffolk County
This North Haven is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of North Haven.
North Carolina
Wake County
This North Haven is located in Wake County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of North Haven.
Tennessee
Montgomery County
This North Haven is located in Montgomery County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the North Haven that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of North Haven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Haven ...
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, 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 North Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Haven and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from North Haven to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about 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 726 miles [1,168.4 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 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Haven) 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 North Haven 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 North Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5209, Longitude: -88.9890 In this case, the coordinates for North Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.08 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.048 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.991 degrees.