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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 Pleasant Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant Acres 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 Pleasant Acres:
- 33.449011, -88.812554
- 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 Pleasant Acres
- 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 Oktibbeha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
- Since Pleasant Acres is near Lowndes County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Pleasant Acres
Communities Also Named Pleasant Acres ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Pleasant Acres.
Within Mississippi, the name Pleasant Acres is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Jefferson County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Madison County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Madison County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Fairfield County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Clayton County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Cobb County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Cobb County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Gwinnett County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Gwinnett County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Indiana
- Hancock County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Hancock County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Marion County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Marion County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km] to the north northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Carroll County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Wicomico County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Wicomico County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km] to the east northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Pleasant Acres.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Cumberland County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Pleasant Acres.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Pleasant Acres is located in Weber County and lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pleasant Acres that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Pleasant Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant Acres ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cherokee Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Green Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Oaks is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
- Hillbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Patrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Patrick is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Quail Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Valley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Starkville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stonegate
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timbercove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Timbercove is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercove
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whispering Pines is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Pleasant Acres 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 Pleasant Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pleasant Acres and extending to:
- Starkville, which is the Seat of Oktibbeha County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pleasant Acres to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pleasant Acres 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 Pleasant Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4490, Longitude: -88.8126 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.894 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.128 degrees. |
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