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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 White Sand, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Sand 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 White Sand:
- 30.799354, -89.658124
- 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 White Sand
- 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 Pearl River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pearl River County
- Since White Sand is near Washington Parish and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 White Sand
Communities Also Named White Sand ...
We found one communities that are also named White Sand.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named White Sand.
Beyond Mississippi.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Lawrence 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 White Sand [Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Sand ...
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.
- Centre ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centre is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Derby is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Fords Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fords Creek is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Creek
- Juniper Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Mitch ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mitch is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitch
- Poplarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Riceville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
How Far From White Sand 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 White Sand to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in White Sand and extending to:
- Poplarville, which is the Seat of Pearl River County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from White Sand to Jackson, with an average speed<4>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 906 miles [1,458.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,509 miles [12,084.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,386 miles [8,667.9 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 White Sand 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- White Sand) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 White Sand 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 White Sand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7994, Longitude: -89.6581 In this case, the coordinates for White Sand have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.168 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.647 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.93 degrees. |
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