Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Progress, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Progress and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Progress
- 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 Progress:
- 31.046290, -90.326760
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Progress
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Progress is near Washington Parish and also Walthall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington Parish
- eBird sighting report for Walthall 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Progress ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Progress.
There are two communities within Mississippi that are also named Progress.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Jefferson Davis County
- Perry County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Progress lies 2,254 miles [3,627.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Progress that is located in Pike County.
- California
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Edwards County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Progress.
- Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Progress [Leavenworth County].
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Bailey County
- This Progress is located in Bailey County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Progress that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bailey County community of Progress.
- Hale County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hale County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Progress.
- Palo Pinto 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 Texas community of Progress [Palo Pinto County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Progress ...
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.
- Bridges
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Emerald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Greenlaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Kirkville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,174 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magnolia <5>
- Martin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Porters Curve
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porters Curve have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Curve
- Porters Curve is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Rushing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Spring Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
- Sunny Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish (LA)
How Far From Progress 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 Progress to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Progress and extending to:
- Magnolia, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Progress to Magnolia, with an average speed<6> 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 87 miles [140 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,404 miles [8,696.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Progress. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pike County: www.co.pike.ms.us/
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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- Progress) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Progress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0463, Longitude: -90.3268 In this case, the coordinates for Progress have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Progress 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 Progress, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Progress to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.60 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.182 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.154 degrees. |