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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 Powers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powers 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 Powers:
    • 31.697940, -89.068666
    • 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 Powers
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Powers is near Wayne County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Powers

Communities Also Named Powers ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Powers.

Within Mississippi, the name Powers is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Hale County
      • This Powers is located in Hale County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Powers.
    • Arizona
      • Cochise 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 Arizona community of Powers [Cochise County].
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead County
      • This Powers is located in Hempstead County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Powers.
      • Johnson 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 Arkansas community of Powers [Johnson County].
    • Indiana
      • Jay County
      • This Powers is located in Jay County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jay County community of Powers.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Powers [Daviess County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook 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 Maine community of Powers [Aroostook County].
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • This Powers is located in Menominee County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the north of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Powers.
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • This Powers is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,528 miles [2,459.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Powers.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Powers is located in Robeson County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Powers.
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Powers [Fulton County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Canadian County
      • This Powers is located in Canadian County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canadian County community of Powers.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Powers is located in Coos County and lies 2,053 miles [3,304 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Powers.
    • Tennessee
      • Fayette County
      • This Powers is located in Fayette County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the north of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Powers.
    • Washington
      • Columbia County
      • This Powers is located in Columbia County and lies 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Powers that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Powers.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Powers [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Powers ...

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.

  • Hawkes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hawkes is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
  • Jenkins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenkins is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Pecan Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Queensburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Queensburg is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensburg
  • Sandersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sandersville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Service
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Service is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
  • Shady Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Tuckers Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tuckers Crossing is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing

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

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

  • Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the West.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Powers to Jackson, with an average speed<4>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 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 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- Powers) 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 Powers 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>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 Powers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Powers 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 Powers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6979, Longitude: -89.0687       In this case, the coordinates for Powers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.901 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.458 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.55 degrees.