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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 Shivers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shivers 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 Shivers:
- 31.796546, -89.987613
- 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 Shivers
- 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 Simpson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson County
- Since Shivers is near Lawrence County and also Jefferson Davis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis 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 Shivers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shivers ...
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.
- Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bush is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Cyclone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cyclone is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jaynesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Merit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merit is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merit
- Pines Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pines Ferry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pines Ferry
- Rockport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Shivers 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 Shivers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shivers and extending to:
- Mendenhall, which is the Seat of Simpson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shivers to Mendenhall, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 877 miles [1,411.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,478 miles [12,034.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Shivers) 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 Shivers 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 Shivers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7965, Longitude: -89.9876 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.47 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.132 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.90 degrees. |
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