Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wiggins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wiggins and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wiggins
- 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 Wiggins:
- 30.855582, -89.138539
- 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 Wiggins
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Wiggins is near Forrest County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Forrest County
- eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Wiggins ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Wiggins.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Wiggins.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Wiggins is located in Hillsborough County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wiggins that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wiggins.
- Manatee 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 Florida community of Wiggins [Manatee County].
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Cass 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 Texas community of Wiggins [Cass County].
- McLennan County
- This Wiggins is located in McLennan County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wiggins that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Wiggins.
- Utah
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wiggins ...
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.
- Barbara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Big Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Bond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Deep Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Deep Creek is located in Perry County
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Fruitland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland Park
- Fruitland Park is located in Forrest County
- India
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Janice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Maxie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Rawhide ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Ten Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Texas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Wiggins 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 city such as Wiggins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wiggins and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wiggins to Jackson, with an average speed<5>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 880 miles [1,416.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,360 miles [8,626.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wiggins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wiggins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wiggins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8556, Longitude: -89.1385 In this case, the coordinates for Wiggins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Wiggins 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> | 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 Wiggins, 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 Wiggins 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 314.861 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.297 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.719 degrees. |