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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 Refuge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Refuge 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 Refuge:
- 33.303729, -91.136498
- 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 Refuge
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Refuge is near Chicot County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chicot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Refuge
Communities Also Named Refuge ...
We found five communities that are also named Refuge.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Refuge.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Humphreys County
- This Refuge is located in Humphreys County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Refuge that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Refuge.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Refuge is located in Talladega County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east of the Refuge that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Refuge.
- Georgia
- Camden County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Refuge [Camden County].
- Texas
- Houston County
- This Refuge is located in Houston County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Refuge that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Refuge.
- Virginia
- Frederick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Refuge [Frederick County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Refuge ...
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.
- Eminence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eminence is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Greenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- James is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Jennie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jennie is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
- Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Washington ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Washington is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Washington
- Luna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Luna is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Red Leaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Leaf is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Leaf
- Silver Lake ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Swiftwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swiftwater is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
- Wayside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wayside is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Yellow Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Bayou is located in Chicot County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bayou
How Far From Refuge 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 Refuge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Refuge and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Refuge to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,334 miles [8,584.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Refuge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Refuge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Refuge 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Refuge 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 Refuge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3037, Longitude: -91.1365 In this case, the coordinates for Refuge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.327 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.331 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.123 degrees. |
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