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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 Pope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pope 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 Pope:
- 34.214717, -89.948119
- 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 Pope
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Pope is near Yalobusha County and also Tallahatchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yalobusha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie 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 Pope
Communities Also Named Pope ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Pope.
Within Mississippi, the name Pope is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- This Pope is located in Cherokee County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the east of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pope.
- DeKalb County
- This Pope is located in DeKalb County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pope.
- Marengo County
- This Pope is located in Marengo County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the southeast of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Pope.
- California
- Imperial County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Pope [Imperial County].
- San Joaquin County
- This Pope is located in San Joaquin County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Pope.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pope [Bibb County].
- Kansas
- Leavenworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pope [Leavenworth County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Pope is located in Allen County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Pope.
- Manitoba
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Pope.
- New Mexico
- Socorro County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pope [Socorro County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Pope is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Pope.
- Tennessee
- Perry County
- This Pope is located in Perry County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Pope.
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pope [Cherokee County].
- Virginia
- Southampton County
- This Pope is located in Southampton County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pope that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Pope.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pope ...
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.
- Allen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bobo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Camp Ground
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camp Ground is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Chapeltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Eureka Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Hideaway Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hideaway Hills is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Long Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Long Branch is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Marks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Riverview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Splinter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Splinter is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splinter
- Water Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
How Far From Pope 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 village such as Pope to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pope and extending to:
- Batesville, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies just to the North.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Pope to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,366 miles [11,854.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pope 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pope 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 Pope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2147, Longitude: -89.9481 In this case, the coordinates for Pope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.657 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.676 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.457 degrees. |
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