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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 Village Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Village Square 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 Village Square:
    • 32.411254, -90.100086
    • 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 Village Square
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Village Square is near Hinds County and also Rankin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin 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 Village Square

Communities Also Named Village Square ...

We found six communities that are also named Village Square.

Within Mississippi, the name Village Square is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Francisco County
      • This Village Square is located in San Francisco County and lies 1,854 miles [2,983.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Village Square that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Francisco County community of Village Square.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Village Square [DuPage County].
      • Fulton County
      • This Village Square is located in Fulton County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the north of the Village Square that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Village Square.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Village Square is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Village Square that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Village Square.
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This Village Square is located in Lincoln County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Village Square that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Village Square.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Village Square is located in Albemarle County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Village Square that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Village Square.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Village Square ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Pecan Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pecan Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Creek
  • Rolling Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Hinds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Roses Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Roses Bluff is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Bluff
  • Sandalwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sandalwood is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
  • Squirrel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Squirrel Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
  • Stonegate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Stonegate is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Tavern Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tavern Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Hill
  • Tidewater
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Tidewater is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
  • Timber Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Timber Lakes is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
  • Tougaloo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Treasure Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Treasure Cove is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Cove
  • Village Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Village Glen is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Glen

How Far From Village Square 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 community such as Village Square to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Village Square to Canton, 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 just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 857 miles [1,379.2 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 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Village Square) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Village Square 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.
<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 Village Square 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 Village Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4113, Longitude: -90.1001       In this case, the coordinates for Village Square have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.598 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.364 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.843 degrees.