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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 Tallahoma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tallahoma 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 Tallahoma:
- 32.123205, -89.120614
- 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 Tallahoma
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Tallahoma is near Newton County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Tallahoma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tallahoma ...
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.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Burns ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burns is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Jewells Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jewells Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewells Hill
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mulberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- New Fellowship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fellowship
- Orange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pilgrim Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Grove is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Grove
- Poplar Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Springs is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Success ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Success is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Tallow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Tallow is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow
How Far From Tallahoma 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 Tallahoma 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<1> community of Tallahoma once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tallahoma and extending to:
- Bay Springs, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tallahoma to Bay Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 823 miles [1,324.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,425 miles [11,949.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Tallahoma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tallahoma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tallahoma 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 Tallahoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1232, Longitude: -89.1206 In this case, the coordinates for Tallahoma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.597 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.497 degrees. |
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