Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ten Mile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ten Mile and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ten Mile
- 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 Ten Mile:
- 30.765468, -89.143660
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ten Mile
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Ten Mile is near Harrison County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- eBird sighting report for Forrest 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ten Mile ...
We found ten communities that share the name Ten Mile.
Within Mississippi, the name Ten Mile is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Lewis County
- This Ten Mile is located in Lewis County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<2> to the north of the Ten Mile that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ten Mile.
- Macon County
- This Ten Mile is located in Macon County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the north northwest of the Ten Mile that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Ten Mile.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Ten Mile [Berkeley County].
- Charleston County
- This Ten Mile is located in Charleston County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ten Mile that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Ten Mile.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Ten Mile is located in Knox County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ten Mile that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Ten Mile.
- Meigs County
- This Ten Mile is located in Meigs County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the northeast of the Ten Mile that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Ten Mile.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ten Mile ...
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 Level
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Bond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Fruitland Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland Park
- Fruitland Park is located in Forrest County
- India
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Rawhide ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Saucier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saucier
- Saucier is located in Harrison County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saucier <4>
- Silver Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Silver Run is located in Pearl River County
- Success
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Texas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Ten Mile 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 Ten Mile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ten Mile and extending to:
- Wiggins, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies just to the North.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ten Mile to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,365 miles [8,634.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ten Mile. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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 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 Ten Mile 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ten Mile) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ten Mile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7655, Longitude: -89.1437 In this case, the coordinates for Ten Mile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ten Mile to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.855 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.278 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.736 degrees. |