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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 Pearlington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pearlington 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 Pearlington:
    • 30.249179, -89.612712
    • 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 Pearlington
  • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Pearlington is near Saint Tammany Parish and also Orleans Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
  • 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 Pearlington

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pearlington ...

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.

  • Cross Gates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Gates is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gates
  • Deer Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Island is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Island
  • Foxhollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Foxhollow is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
  • Gum Bayou Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gum Bayou Landing is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Bayou Landing
  • Harmony Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Harmony Heights is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights
  • Hickory Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Kings Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kings Point is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
  • Lake Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lake Gardens is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Gardens
  • Lake Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Logtown ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Napoleon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ozone Pines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ozone Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone Pines
    • Quail Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • River Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • River Gardens is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Gardens
    • Willow Wood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Willow Wood is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

How Far From Pearlington to ...

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 Pearlington to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pearlington and extending to:

  • Bay Saint Louis, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pearlington to Bay Saint Louis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,409 miles [8,704.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pearlington) 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 Pearlington 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 Pearlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2492, Longitude: -89.6127    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.081 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.472 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.998 degrees.