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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 Piave, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piave 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 Piave:
- 31.394339, -88.744759
- 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 Piave
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Piave is near Wayne County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Piave
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piave ...
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.
- Brewer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brewer is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
- Clara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Clark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Good Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Jonathan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jonathan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Knobtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Knobtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobtown
- Lucas Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas Ferry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Ferry
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Sand Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
How Far From Piave 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 Piave to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Piave and extending to:
- Leakesville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Piave to Leakesville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,441 miles [11,975.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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 from Point A (ie- Piave) 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 Piave 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 Piave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3943, Longitude: -88.7448 In this case, the coordinates for Piave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.678 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.157 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.475 degrees. |
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