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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 Wyatt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyatt 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 Wyatt:
    • 33.238241, -90.225641
    • 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 Wyatt
  • 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
    • Since Wyatt is near Leflore County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Wyatt

Communities Also Named Wyatt ...

We found ten communities that are also named Wyatt.

Within Mississippi, the name Wyatt is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Wyatt is located in Walker County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the east of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Wyatt.
    • Indiana
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Wyatt is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Wyatt.
    • Louisiana
      • Jackson Parish
      • This Wyatt is located in Jackson Parish and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson Parish community of Wyatt.
    • Missouri
      • Mississippi County
      • This Wyatt is located in Mississippi County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Wyatt.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Wyatt is located in Wake County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wyatt.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Wyatt [Spartanburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wyatt [Cumberland County].
    • Texas
      • Ellis 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 Wyatt [Ellis County].
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wyatt [Franklin County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Wyatt is located in Harrison County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wyatt that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Wyatt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyatt ...

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.

  • Butler
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Butler is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Choctaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Choctaw is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • Horseshoe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Horseshoe is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Howard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Howard is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Marksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marksville is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Meeks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meeks is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Oklahoma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oklahoma is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
  • Pinchback
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinchback is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinchback

How Far From Wyatt 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 Wyatt to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wyatt to Lexington, with an average speed<4> 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 64 miles [103 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 832 miles [1,339 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wyatt) 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 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 Wyatt 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 Wyatt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Wyatt 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 Wyatt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2382, Longitude: -90.2256       In this case, the coordinates for Wyatt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.751 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.653 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.752 degrees.