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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 Simmonsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Simmonsville 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 Simmonsville:
    • 31.063234, -90.314538
    • 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 Simmonsville
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Simmonsville is near Walthall County and also Washington Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walthall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington Parish
  • 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 Simmonsville

Communities Also Named Simmonsville ...

We found six communities that are also named Simmonsville.

Within Mississippi, the name Simmonsville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • This Simmonsville is located in Providence County and lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Simmonsville.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Simmonsville is located in Berkeley County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Simmonsville.
      • Georgetown County
      • This Simmonsville is located in Georgetown County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Simmonsville.
    • Texas
      • Bell 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 Texas community of Simmonsville [Bell County].
      • Newton County
      • This Simmonsville is located in Newton County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west of the Simmonsville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Simmonsville.
    • Virginia
      • Craig County
      • This Simmonsville is located in Craig County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Simmonsville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Simmonsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Simmonsville ...

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.

  • Bridges
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bridges is located in Walthall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
  • Emerald
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Emerald is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Greenlaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenlaw is located in Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Jennings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennings is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Kirkville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kirkville is located in Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
  • Magnolia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Martin is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Porters Curve
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Porters Curve is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Curve
  • Progress
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Progress is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
  • Rushing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rushing is located in Walthall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
  • Sunny Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill

How Far From Simmonsville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Simmonsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Magnolia, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Simmonsville to Magnolia, with an average speed<4> 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north (N). 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 924 miles [1,487 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,526 miles [12,111.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,402 miles [8,693.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Simmonsville) 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 Simmonsville 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 Simmonsville 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 Simmonsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0632, Longitude: -90.3145       In this case, the coordinates for Simmonsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.594 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.178 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.147 degrees.