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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 Riverside Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverside Junction 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 Riverside Junction:
- 32.931300, -90.873394
- 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 Riverside Junction
- 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
- Since Riverside Junction is near Issaquena County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Riverside Junction
Communities Also Named Riverside Junction ...
We found five communities that are also named Riverside Junction.
Within Mississippi, the name Riverside Junction is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This Riverside Junction is located in Riverside County and lies 1,523 miles [2,451 km]<1> to the west of the Riverside Junction that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Riverside Junction.
- Michigan
- Missaukee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Riverside Junction [Missaukee County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Riverside Junction [Saint Louis County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Riverside Junction is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riverside Junction that is located in Sharkey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Riverside Junction.
- Pennsylvania
- Lackawanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverside Junction [Lackawanna County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverside Junction ...
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.
- Big Eddy Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
- Booth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
- Choctaw Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
- Grace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grace is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Holland Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
- Rolling Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- White House Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing
How Far From Riverside Junction 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 Riverside Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverside Junction and extending to:
- Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the South.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Riverside Junction to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,465 miles [12,013.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Riverside Junction 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. |
| <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 Riverside Junction 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 Riverside Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9313, Longitude: -90.8734 In this case, the coordinates for Riverside Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.127 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.049 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.075 degrees. |
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