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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 Patmos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patmos 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 Patmos:
- 32.813187, -90.728431
- 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 Patmos
- 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
- Since Patmos is near Yazoo County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Patmos
Communities Also Named Patmos ...
We found five communities that are also named Patmos.
Within Mississippi, the name Patmos is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hempstead County
- This Patmos is located in Hempstead County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Patmos that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Patmos.
- Georgia
- Baker County
- This Patmos is located in Baker County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Patmos that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Patmos.
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Patmos [Coffey County].
- North Carolina
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Patmos [Chatham County].
- Ohio
- Mahoning County
- This Patmos is located in Mahoning County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Patmos that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Patmos.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patmos ...
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.
- Anchorage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Anchorage is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Big Eddy Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
- Chapel Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
- Choctaw Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
- Enola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Enola is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- George
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- George is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Holland Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
- Holly Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
- Horn Place Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Horn Place Landing is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Place Landing
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kansas Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kansas Landing is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landing
- Limerick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Little Sunflower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Sunflower is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sunflower
- Rolling Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Fort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spanish Fort is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
- White House Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing
How Far From Patmos 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 Patmos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Patmos and extending to:
- Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Patmos to Rolling Fork, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Patmos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Patmos 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Patmos 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 Patmos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8132, Longitude: -90.7284 In this case, the coordinates for Patmos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.915 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.034 degrees. |
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