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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 Stamper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stamper 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 Stamper:
- 32.514550, -89.143355
- 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 Stamper
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Stamper is near Neshoba County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Stamper
Communities Also Named Stamper ...
We found one communities that are also named Stamper.
Within Mississippi, the name Stamper is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Stamper in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stamper [Bradley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stamper ...
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.
- Dover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Golden Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Golden Grove is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
- Goodhope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodhope is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Jeff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jeff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- New Ireland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Ireland is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rock Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Branch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Stamper 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 Stamper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Stamper once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Stamper and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Stamper to Jackson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 808 miles [1,300.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stamper 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Stamper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stamper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Stamper 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 Stamper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5145, Longitude: -89.1434 In this case, the coordinates for Stamper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.02 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.707 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.436 degrees. |
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