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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 Paulette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paulette and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Paulette:
    • 32.996517, -88.429760
    • 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 Paulette
  • 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 Noxubee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
    • Since Paulette is near Kemper County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Paulette

Communities Also Named Paulette ...

We found one communities that are also named Paulette.

Within Mississippi, the name Paulette is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Paulette in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Union County
      • This Paulette is located in Union County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Paulette that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Paulette.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paulette ...

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.

  • Big Lake ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Lake is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Center Point ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Center Point is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Clark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Clark is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Cooksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Dancy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Dancy is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
  • Fair Oaks
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Sumter County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Foxtrap ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxtrap is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtrap
  • Geiger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Old Scooba ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Old Scooba is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba
  • Prairie Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
  • X-Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • X-Prairie is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X-Prairie

How Far From Paulette to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paulette to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paulette and extending to:

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Noxubee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Paulette to Macon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,355 miles [11,836.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paulette) 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 Paulette 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 Paulette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9965, Longitude: -88.4298       In this case, the coordinates for Paulette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.625 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.313 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.058 degrees.