Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wesley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wesley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wesley
- 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 Wesley:
- 33.774558, -88.458652
- 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 Wesley
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Wesley is near Lowndes County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Wesley ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Wesley.
Within Mississippi, the name Wesley is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- This Wesley is located in Emanuel County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emanuel County community of Wesley.
- Oconee 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 Georgia community of Wesley [Oconee County].
- Taylor County
- This Wesley is located in Taylor County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the east southeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Wesley.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Wesley is located in Dorchester County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Wesley.
- Worcester County
- This Wesley is located in Worcester County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the east northeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Wesley.
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- This Wesley is located in Muskingum County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Wesley.
- Perry County
- This Wesley is located in Perry County and lies 540 miles [869 km] to the northeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Wesley.
- Washington County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wesley.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Wesley lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wesley that is located in Monroe County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wesley ...
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.
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Gallagher Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagher Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ferry
- Gallagher Ferry is located in Lowndes County
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Monroe County
- Grubb Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubb Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
- Grubb Springs is located in Monroe County
- Hillcrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Piney Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Monroe County
- Tanglewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Monroe County
- Temperence Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperence Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperence Hill
- Temperence Hill is located in Monroe County
- Tucker Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Place
- Tucker Place is located in Monroe County
How Far From Wesley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wesley 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 community of Wesley once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wesley and extending to:
- Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Wesley to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,197 miles [8,363.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecountyms.org
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 Wesley 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wesley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wesley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7746, Longitude: -88.4587 In this case, the coordinates for Wesley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Wesley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Wesley 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 314.70 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.507 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.918 degrees. |