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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 Vicksburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vicksburg and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Vicksburg:
    • 32.349776, -90.879771
    • 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 Vicksburg
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Vicksburg is near Madison Parish and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds 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 Vicksburg

Communities Also Named Vicksburg ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Vicksburg.

Within Mississippi, the name Vicksburg is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • La Paz County
      • This Vicksburg is located in La Paz County and lies 1,324 miles [2,130.8 km]<1> to the west of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Paz County community of Vicksburg.
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Vicksburg [Chaffee County].
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Vicksburg [Bay County].
    • Indiana
      • Greene County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Greene County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Vicksburg.
    • Kansas
      • Jewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vicksburg [Jewell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Livingston County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Vicksburg.
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Vicksburg.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Pemiscot County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Vicksburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Blair County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Blair County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Vicksburg.
      • Union County
      • This Vicksburg is located in Union County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the northeast of the Vicksburg that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Vicksburg.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Vicksburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vicksburg ...

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.

  • Delta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jetts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jetts is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts
  • Jonestown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jonestown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Kings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Kings is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Kings Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Ferry is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
  • Long Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Long Lake is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Porters Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Porters Chapel is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Chapel
  • Rose Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rose Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Signal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Signal is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
  • Stout
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Valley Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Mills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
  • Waltersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Waltersville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
  • Woodlawn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Vicksburg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Vicksburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vicksburg and extending to:

  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Vicksburg to Jackson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,367 miles [8,637.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Vicksburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Vicksburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Vicksburg 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.
<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 Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3498, Longitude: -90.8798    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.075 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.911 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.172 degrees.