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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 Rainey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rainey 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 Rainey:
- 31.521279, -89.350618
- 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 Rainey
- 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 Rainey is near Covington County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest 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 Rainey
Communities Also Named Rainey ...
We found two communities that are also named Rainey.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Rainey.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Rainey in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Tate County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rainey [Tate County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rainey [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rainey ...
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.
- Bowie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bowie is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Eminence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eminence is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Jenkins Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Ferry is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Ferry
- Kelly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Maybank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maybank is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybank
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Providence is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sand Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Seminary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Speedtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Speedtown is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedtown
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Rainey 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 Rainey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Rainey and extending to:
- Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rainey to Laurel, 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rainey 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rainey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rainey 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 Rainey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5213, Longitude: -89.3506 In this case, the coordinates for Rainey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.055 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.692 degrees. |
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