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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 Seven Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs:
    • 32.215982, -90.373705
    • 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 Seven Springs
  • 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 Hinds County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
    • Since Seven Springs is near Rankin County and also Copiah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Copiah 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 Seven Springs

Communities Also Named Seven Springs ...

We found nine communities that are also named Seven Springs.

Within Mississippi, the name Seven Springs is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Pasco County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Seven Springs.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Cobb County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Seven Springs.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Harrison County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Seven Springs.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Seven Springs [Dickinson County].
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Seven Springs [Geary County].
    • New Mexico
      • Sandoval County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandoval County community of Seven Springs.
    • North Carolina
      • Transylvania County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Transylvania County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Seven Springs.
      • Wayne County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Wayne County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km] to the east northeast of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Seven Springs.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Seven Springs is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Seven Springs that is located in Hinds County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Seven Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Springs ...

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.

  • Choctaw Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
  • Dry Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dry Grove is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Grove
  • Elton Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elton Place is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton Place
  • Green Acres
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Lost Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lost Lake is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
  • Oak Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Creek is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
  • Palestine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Palestine is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Raintree Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Raintree Place is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Place
  • Raymond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Red Hill is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Sunkist
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sunkist is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist
  • Trailwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Trailwood is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailwood
  • Van Winkle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Van Winkle is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle
  • Willowood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Willowood is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowood

How Far From Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seven Springs and extending to:

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Hinds County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Seven Springs to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 878 miles [1,413 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,476 miles [12,031.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,352 miles [8,613.2 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 from Point A (ie- Seven Springs) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs 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 Seven Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2160, Longitude: -90.3737       In this case, the coordinates for Seven Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.748 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.512 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.987 degrees.