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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 Short, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Short 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 Short:
    • 34.940154, -88.197410
    • 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 Short
  • 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 Tishomingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo County
    • Since Short is near Lauderdale County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Short

Communities Also Named Short ...

We found six communities that are also named Short.

Within Mississippi, the name Short is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • White County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Short [White County].
    • Indiana
      • Martin 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 Indiana community of Short [Martin County].
    • Missouri
      • Carter 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 Missouri community of Short [Carter County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Sequoyah County
      • This Short is located in Sequoyah County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<3> to the west of the Short that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Short.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • This Short is located in Shelby County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Short that is located in Tishomingo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Short.
    • Virginia
      • Wise County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Short [Wise County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Short ...

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.

  • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
  • Chickasaw Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chickasaw Crossing is located in Colbert County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Crossing
  • Cooks Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cooks Landing is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Landing
  • Cross Roads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cross Roads is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Haddock ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • High Point is located in Tishomingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Holiday Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Red Sulphur Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Sulphur Springs is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Sulphur Springs
  • Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Iuka, which is the Seat of Tishomingo County, lies just to the South.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Short to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 673 miles [1,083.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Short, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Short 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Short) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Short 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 Short. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9402, Longitude: -88.1974       In this case, the coordinates for Short have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.614 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.568 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.57 degrees.