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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 Reese:
34.415936, -88.894227
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.
We found fourteen communities that share the name Reese.
Within Mississippi, the name Reese is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Marion 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 Alabama community of Reese [Marion County].
Arkansas
Lee County
This Reese is located in Lee County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Reese.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Reese is located in Hillsborough County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Reese.
Georgia
Morgan County
This Reese is located in Morgan County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<2> to the east of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Reese.
Warren County
This Reese is located in Warren County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the east of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Reese.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Reese is located in Carroll County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Reese.
Michigan
Tuscola County
This Reese is located in Tuscola County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Reese.
North Carolina
Watauga County
This Reese is located in Watauga County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Reese.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Reese is located in Franklin County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Reese.
Pennsylvania
Blair County
This Reese is located in Blair County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Reese.
Texas
Cherokee County
This Reese is located in Cherokee County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Reese.
Orange County
This Reese is located in Orange County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the southwest of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Reese.
Washington
Walla Walla County
This Reese is located in Walla Walla County and lies 1,754 miles [2,822.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Reese that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Reese.
West Virginia
Greenbrier 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 West Virginia community of Reese [Greenbrier County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reese ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cherry Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mound City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Reese to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Reese and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Reese to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,312 miles [11,767.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Reese 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>
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- Reese) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Reese. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4159, Longitude: -88.8942 In this case, the coordinates for Reese have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Reese to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.014 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.958 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.972 degrees.