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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 Cleo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleo 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 Cleo:
    • 31.700440, -89.036721
    • 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 Cleo
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Cleo is near Wayne County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Cleo

Communities Also Named Cleo ...

We found five communities that are also named Cleo.

Within Mississippi, the name Cleo is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Brown 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 Kansas community of Cleo [Brown County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Major 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 Oklahoma community of Cleo [Major County].
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Cleo is located in Coos County and lies 2,067 miles [3,326.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cleo that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Cleo.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley 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 Tennessee community of Cleo [Bradley County].
    • Texas
      • Kimble County
      • This Cleo is located in Kimble County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the west of the Cleo that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kimble County community of Cleo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleo ...

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.

  • Hawkes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawkes is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
  • Jenkins
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenkins is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Pecan Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Powers
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Powers is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
  • Queensburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Queensburg is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensburg
  • Sandersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sandersville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Shady Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Tuckers Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuckers Crossing is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing

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

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

  • Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the West.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cleo to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Cleo 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>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 from Point A (ie- Cleo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cleo 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 Cleo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7004, Longitude: -89.0367       In this case, the coordinates for Cleo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.882 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.436 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.537 degrees.