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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 Bond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bond 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 Bond:
    • 32.858742, -88.987280
    • 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 Bond
  • 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 Neshoba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
    • Since Bond is near Winston County and also Kemper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper 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 Bond

Communities Also Named Bond ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Bond.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Bond.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Stone County
      • This Bond is located in Stone County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Bond.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sumter County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Bond.
    • British Columbia
      • This Bond lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Bond is located in Eagle County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Bond.
    • Florida
      • Leon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bond [Leon County].
    • Georgia
      • Madison County
      • This Bond is located in Madison County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bond.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bond [Sangamon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jackson County
      • This Bond is located in Jackson County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bond.
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • This Bond is located in Allen Parish and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Bond.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bond [Garrett County].
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead County
      • This Bond is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,523 miles [2,451 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Bond.
    • Ohio
      • Guernsey County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Bond.
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bond [Blaine County].
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Bond is located in Pittsburg County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Bond.
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman County
      • This Bond is located in Hickman County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bond that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Bond.
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bond [Shelby County].
    • Texas
      • Morris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bond [Morris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bond ...

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.

  • Claytown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Claytown is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytown
  • Cow Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cow Creek is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
  • Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Forestdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Forestdale is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Handle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Prince Chapel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Prince Chapel is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Chapel
  • Red Bud ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
  • Sandtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sandtown is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Spring Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek

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

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

  • Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Neshoba County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bond to Philadelphia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,386 miles [11,886.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,262 miles [8,468.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bond 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.
<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 Bond 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 Bond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8587, Longitude: -88.9873       In this case, the coordinates for Bond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.954 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.31 degrees.