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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 Union Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Hall 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 Union Hall:
- 34.224553, -89.542860
- 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 Union Hall
- 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 Lafayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Since Union Hall is near Yalobusha County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yalobusha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Union Hall
Communities Also Named Union Hall ...
We found four communities that are also named Union Hall.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Union Hall.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Lincoln 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 Mississippi community of Union Hall [Lincoln County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Estill 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 Kentucky community of Union Hall [Estill County].
- Ontario
- This Union Hall lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<2> to the northeast of the Union Hall that is located in Lafayette County.
- Virginia
- Franklin County
- This Union Hall is located in Franklin County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Union Hall that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Union Hall.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Hall ...
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.
- Alesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Camp Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Ground is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Cornish
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Molly Barr Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Molly Barr Cove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molly Barr Cove
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Paris is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Rolling Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rolling Woods is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
- Rollings Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rollings Woods is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollings Woods
- Splinter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Splinter is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splinter
- University
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Water Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Union Hall 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 Union Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Hall and extending to:
- Oxford, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Union Hall to Oxford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,224 miles [8,407.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Union Hall 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' (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- Union Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Union Hall 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 Union Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2246, Longitude: -89.5429 In this case, the coordinates for Union Hall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.404 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.384 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.284 degrees. |
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