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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 Pecan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan 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 Pecan:
- 30.443532, -88.429178
- 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 Pecan
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Pecan is near Mobile County and also George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
- Open the eBird sighting report for George 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 Pecan
Communities Also Named Pecan ...
We found four communities that are also named Pecan.
Within Mississippi, the name Pecan is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Putnam County
- This Pecan is located in Putnam County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pecan that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Pecan.
- Georgia
- Clay County
- This Pecan is located in Clay County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pecan that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pecan.
- Louisiana
- Natchitoches Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Pecan [Natchitoches Parish].
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- This Pecan is located in Venango County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pecan that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Pecan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Elders Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elders Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Ferry
- Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Grand Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Orange Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Pinecrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Randall Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Randall Ferry is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Ferry
How Far From Pecan 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 Pecan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pecan and extending to:
- Pascagoula, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Pecan to Jackson, with an average speed<4>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 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,348 miles [8,606.8 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 from Point A (ie- Pecan) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pecan 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 Pecan 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 Pecan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4435, Longitude: -88.4292 In this case, the coordinates for Pecan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.397 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.702 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.515 degrees. |
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