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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 Paula, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paula 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 Paula:
- 32.315978, -89.055612
- 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 Paula
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Paula is near Jasper County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Paula
Communities Also Named Paula ...
We found one communities that are also named Paula.
Within Mississippi, the name Paula is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Paula in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Hardin 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 Texas community of Paula [Hardin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paula ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chunky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hickory
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Jeff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jeff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Little Rock ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Rock is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- New Fellowship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fellowship
- Pilgrim Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Grove
- Poplar Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Tallow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tallow is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow
How Far From Paula 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 Paula to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Paula once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Paula and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Paula to Decatur, with an average speed<5> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,414 miles [11,931.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,290 miles [8,513.4 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 Paula 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Paula, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Paula) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Paula 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 Paula. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3160, Longitude: -89.0556 In this case, the coordinates for Paula have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.949 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.598 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.436 degrees. |
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