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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 Susie:
33.754284, -89.550079
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.
We found two communities that share the name Susie.
Within Mississippi, the name Susie is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Wayne County
This Susie is located in Wayne County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Susie that is located in Grenada County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Susie.
Washington
Benton County
This Susie is located in Benton County and lies 1,801 miles [2,898.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Susie that is located in Grenada County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Susie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Susie ...
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.
Big Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Susie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Susie and extending to:
Grenada, which is the Seat of Grenada County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Susie to Grenada, 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,245 miles [8,441 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Susie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Susie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7543, Longitude: -89.5501 In this case, the coordinates for Susie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
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<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 Susie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.373 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.284 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.376 degrees.