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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 Richburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Richburg 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 Richburg:
- 31.274343, -89.353119
- 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 Richburg
- 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 Lamar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Since Richburg is near Forrest County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Richburg
Communities Also Named Richburg ...
We found four communities that are also named Richburg.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Richburg.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- 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 Mississippi community of Richburg [Marion County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Richburg is located in Coffee County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the east of the Richburg that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Richburg.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Richburg is located in Allegany County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Richburg that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Richburg.
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- This Richburg is located in Chester County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Richburg that is located in Lamar County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Richburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Richburg ...
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 north)
- Bowie is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Carterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carterville is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dragon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dragon is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Mars Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Peoples Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peoples Ferry is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Ferry
- Petal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Shadow Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shadow Wood is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
- Sunrise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunrise is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Tall Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tall Pines is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
How Far From Richburg 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 Richburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Richburg and extending to:
- Purvis, which is the Seat of Lamar County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Richburg to Purvis, with an average speed<4> 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 86 miles [138.4 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,474 miles [12,028.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,350 miles [8,610 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 Richburg 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Richburg 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 Richburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2743, Longitude: -89.3531 In this case, the coordinates for Richburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.553 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.734 degrees. |
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