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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 Sciples Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sciples Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sciples Mill:
    • 32.867075, -88.726160
    • 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 Sciples Mill
  • 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
    • Since Sciples Mill is near Noxubee County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Sciples Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sciples Mill ...

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.

  • Bond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bond is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
  • Claytown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Claytown is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytown
  • Clearman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearman is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearman
  • Cow Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cow Creek is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
  • Crossroads
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Damascus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Damascus is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Darnall ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Darnall is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
  • Forestdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestdale is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Handle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Kipling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Kipling is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Liberty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • May Spring
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • May Spring is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Spring
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Moscow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Moscow is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Prince Chapel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Prince Chapel is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Chapel
    • Red Bud ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
    • Rocky Mount ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Mount is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
    • Summerville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Summerville is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

How Far From Sciples Mill 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 Sciples Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sciples Mill and extending to:

  • De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Sciples Mill to Jackson, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 774 miles [1,245.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,374 miles [11,867.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Sciples Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sciples Mill 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 Sciples Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8671, Longitude: -88.7262       In this case, the coordinates for Sciples Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.795 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.493 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.203 degrees.