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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 Summerland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summerland 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 Summerland:
- 31.799326, -89.360341
- 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 Summerland
- 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Since Summerland is near Smith County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Summerland
Communities Also Named Summerland ...
We found three communities that are also named Summerland.
Within Mississippi, the name Summerland is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Summerland lies 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Summerland that is located in Jones County.
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- This Summerland is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 1,751 miles [2,818 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Summerland that is located in Jones County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Summerland.
- South Carolina
- Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Summerland [Lexington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Summerland ...
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.
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hot Coffee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Leaf River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leaf River is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf River
- Service
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Shady Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Oak is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak
- Stringer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Summerland 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 Summerland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Summerland and extending to:
- Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Summerland to Laurel, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 59 miles [95 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,450 miles [11,989.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,327 miles [8,573 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerland) 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 Summerland 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 Summerland 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 Summerland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7993, Longitude: -89.3603 In this case, the coordinates for Summerland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.088 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.688 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.648 degrees. |
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