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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 Pickwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickwick 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 Pickwick:
    • 31.135735, -89.837579
    • 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 Pickwick
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Pickwick is near Walthall County and also Washington Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walthall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Pickwick

Communities Also Named Pickwick ...

We found eight communities that are also named Pickwick.

Within Mississippi, the name Pickwick is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Wapello County
      • This Pickwick is located in Wapello County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the north of the Pickwick that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Pickwick.
    • Kansas
      • Greeley County
      • 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 Kansas community of Pickwick [Greeley County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Pickwick is located in Baltimore County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pickwick that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Pickwick.
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • This Pickwick is located in Winona County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the north of the Pickwick that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winona County community of Pickwick.
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • This Pickwick is located in Bryan County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pickwick that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Pickwick.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • 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 Tennessee community of Pickwick [Hardin County].
    • Texas
      • Palo Pinto County
      • 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 Texas community of Pickwick [Palo Pinto County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • 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 Virginia community of Pickwick [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickwick ...

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.

  • Edna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edna is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
  • Fordsville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fordsville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordsville
  • Hub
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hub is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
  • Hurricane Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurricane Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
  • Jamestown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Keno ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keno is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
  • Lovelace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lovelace is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
  • Mildred
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mildred is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
  • Spring Cottage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Cottage is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cottage

How Far From Pickwick to ...

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

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the North.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Pickwick to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,502 miles [12,073.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,378 miles [8,655.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Pickwick) 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 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 Pickwick 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 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 Pickwick 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 Pickwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1357, Longitude: -89.8376       In this case, the coordinates for Pickwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.312 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.859 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.947 degrees.