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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 Sauer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sauer 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 Sauer:
- 31.101570, -89.830079
- 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 Sauer
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Sauer is near Washington Parish and also Walthall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walthall 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 Sauer
Communities Also Named Sauer ...
We found one communities that are also named Sauer.
Within Mississippi, the name Sauer is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Sauer in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Milam 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 Texas community of Sauer [Milam County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sauer ...
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.
- Edna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Fordsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fordsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordsville
- Hub
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hub is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Hurricane Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Creek is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Mildred
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mildred is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Pickwick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pickwick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Sandy Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Spring Cottage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Cottage is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cottage
- Twin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
How Far From Sauer 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 Sauer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sauer and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Sauer to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,503 miles [12,074.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,379 miles [8,656.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Sauer 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' (or 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- Sauer) 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 Sauer 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 Sauer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1016, Longitude: -89.8301 In this case, the coordinates for Sauer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.303 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.845 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.949 degrees. |
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