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 Wood Springs:
33.438179, -89.359515
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 Wood Springs
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 Choctaw County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Wood Springs.
Within Mississippi, the name Wood Springs is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Apache County
This Wood Springs is located in Apache County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wood Springs that is located in Choctaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Wood Springs.
Louisiana
De Soto Parish
This Wood Springs is located in De Soto Parish and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wood Springs that is located in Choctaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Wood Springs.
Texas
Smith County
This Wood Springs is located in Smith County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Wood Springs that is located in Choctaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Wood Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wood Springs ...
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.
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 Wood Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wood Springs and extending to:
Ackerman, which is the Seat of Choctaw County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wood Springs to Ackerman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Wood Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Wood Springs 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 Wood Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4382, Longitude: -89.3595 In this case, the coordinates for Wood Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.23 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.075 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.356 degrees.