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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 Perrytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perrytown 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 Perrytown:
    • 31.330170, -91.166218
    • 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 Perrytown
  • 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 Wilkinson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
    • Since Perrytown is near Franklin County and also Amite County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Amite 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 Perrytown

Communities Also Named Perrytown ...

We found five communities that are also named Perrytown.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Perrytown.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Lincoln 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 Mississippi community of Perrytown [Lincoln County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead County
      • This Perrytown is located in Hempstead County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Perrytown that is located in Wilkinson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Perrytown.
    • Kentucky
      • Allen 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 Kentucky community of Perrytown [Allen County].
    • North Carolina
      • Bertie County
      • This Perrytown is located in Bertie County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Perrytown that is located in Wilkinson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bertie County community of Perrytown.
    • Ontario
      • This Perrytown lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Perrytown that is located in Wilkinson County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Perrytown ...

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.

  • Bunkley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Bunkley is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkley
  • Flat Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Flat Rock is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklin is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Freewoods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Freewoods is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewoods
  • Garden City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Harvard Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Harvard Ferry is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Ferry
  • Ireland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ireland is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
  • Possum Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Possum Corner is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Corner
  • White Apple
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • White Apple is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple

How Far From Perrytown 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 Perrytown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Woodville, which is the Seat of Wilkinson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Perrytown to Woodville, with an average speed<3> 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,552 miles [12,153.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Perrytown 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>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- Perrytown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Perrytown 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 Perrytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3302, Longitude: -91.1662       In this case, the coordinates for Perrytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.146 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.857 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.447 degrees.