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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 Plum Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plum Point 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 Plum Point:
- 34.979537, -89.954812
- 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 Plum Point
- 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 DeSoto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- Since Plum Point is near Shelby County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Plum Point
Communities Also Named Plum Point ...
We found five communities that are also named Plum Point.
Within Mississippi, the name Plum Point is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Plum Point is located in Calvert County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plum Point that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Plum Point.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Plum Point lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Plum Point that is located in DeSoto County.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- This Plum Point is located in Washington County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plum Point that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Plum Point.
- Tennessee
- Lauderdale 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 Plum Point [Lauderdale County].
- Virginia
- New Kent County
- This Plum Point is located in New Kent County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plum Point that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Kent County community of Plum Point.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Point ...
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.
- Bleak ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bleak is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleak
- Cedarview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarview is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- Darwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Darwin is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Days
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Days is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- De Soto Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Fairhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fairhaven is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goodman is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Holly Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Holly Hills is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Horn Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lynchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maywood is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Mineral Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mineral Wells is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Wells
- Normal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Normal is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
- Olive Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Plum Point to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Plum Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plum Point and extending to:
- Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plum Point to Hernando, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plum Point) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Plum Point 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Plum Point 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 Plum Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9795, Longitude: -89.9548 In this case, the coordinates for Plum Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.849 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.314 degrees. |
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