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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 Randall Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Randall Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Randall Place:
    • 32.269591, -90.125364
    • 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 Randall Place
  • 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Since Randall Place is near Hinds County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Randall Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Randall Place ...

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.

  • Choctaw Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
  • Cooks Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooks Ferry is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
  • Crossgates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Crossgates is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
  • Elton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elton is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Garden Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Garden Park is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Greenfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Grove Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grove Park is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
  • Hickory Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hickory Glen is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
  • Highland Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Highland Meadows is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Hunters Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Woods is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Woods
  • Kings Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kings Heights is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
  • Pearl
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <1>
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Plain
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plain is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
    • Plainview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Plainview is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Skyway Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Skyway Hills is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyway Hills
    • Summerwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerwood is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwood
    • Terrapin Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Terrapin Hill is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrapin Hill

How Far From Randall Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Randall Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Randall Place and extending to:

  • Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies just to the East.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Randall Place to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 49 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Randall Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Randall Place 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 Randall Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2696, Longitude: -90.1254       In this case, the coordinates for Randall Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.60 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.347 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.877 degrees.