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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 Pratts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pratts 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 Pratts:
- 34.480100, -88.585330
- 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 Pratts
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Pratts is near Prentiss County and also Itawamba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba 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 Pratts
Communities Also Named Pratts ...
We found nine communities that are also named Pratts.
Within Mississippi, the name Pratts is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Barbour County
- This Pratts is located in Barbour County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Pratts.
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Pratts [Hartford County].
- Michigan
- Otsego 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 Michigan community of Pratts [Otsego County].
- New York
- Madison County
- This Pratts is located in Madison County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pratts.
- North Carolina
- Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Pratts [Johnston County].
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This Pratts is located in Hancock County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Pratts.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Pratts is located in Davis County and lies 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Pratts.
- Salt Lake County
- This Pratts is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km] to the west northwest of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pratts.
- Virginia
- Madison County
- This Pratts is located in Madison County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pratts that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pratts.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pratts ...
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.
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Blair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blair is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chapelville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chapelville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelville
- Eggville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Eggville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggville
- Graves
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Graves is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
- Guntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazeldell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Kirkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- New Site
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unity is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Pratts 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 Pratts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pratts and extending to:
- Tupelo, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pratts to Tupelo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,171 miles [8,321.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pratts) 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 Pratts 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 Pratts 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 Pratts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4801, Longitude: -88.5853 In this case, the coordinates for Pratts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.826 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.75 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.829 degrees. |
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