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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 Pine Flat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Flat 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 Pine Flat:
    • 34.974254, -88.280042
    • 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 Pine Flat
  • 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 Tishomingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo County
    • Since Pine Flat is near Hardin County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Pine Flat

Communities Also Named Pine Flat ...

We found four communities that are also named Pine Flat.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Pine Flat.

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

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Lafayette 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 Pine Flat [Lafayette County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Autauga County
      • This Pine Flat is located in Autauga County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the southeast of the Pine Flat that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Pine Flat.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Pine Flat is located in Tulare County and lies 1,703 miles [2,740.7 km]<2> to the west of the Pine Flat that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Pine Flat.
    • Kentucky
      • Jackson County
      • This Pine Flat is located in Jackson County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Flat that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pine Flat.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Flat ...

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.

  • Cooks Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooks Landing is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Landing
  • Cross Roads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cross Roads is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Haddock ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • High Point is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Holiday Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Pickwick Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pickwick Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick Ferry
  • Red Sulphur Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Sulphur Springs is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Sulphur Springs
  • Short
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Short is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
  • Slab Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
  • Tucker Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tucker Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Landing
  • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Iuka, which is the Seat of Tishomingo County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Flat to Iuka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 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 Pine Flat 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' (or 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- Pine Flat) 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 Pine Flat 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 Pine Flat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9743, Longitude: -88.2800       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Flat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.668 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.634 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.597 degrees.