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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 Coldwater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coldwater and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Coldwater:
    • 32.714857, -89.214230
    • 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 Coldwater
  • 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 Coldwater ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Coldwater.

There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Coldwater.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Tate County
      • This Coldwater is located in Tate County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tate County community of Coldwater.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne County
      • This Coldwater is located in Cleburne County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Coldwater.
      • Covington County
      • This Coldwater is located in Covington County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east southeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Coldwater.
      • Talladega County
      • This Coldwater is located in Talladega County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the east northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Coldwater.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Maricopa County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Coldwater.
    • Arkansas
      • Cross County
      • This Coldwater is located in Cross County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Coldwater.
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa 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 Coldwater [Santa Rosa County].
    • Georgia
      • Elbert County
      • This Coldwater is located in Elbert County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Coldwater.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo 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 Iowa community of Coldwater [Cerro Gordo County].
    • Kansas
      • Comanche County
      • This Coldwater is located in Comanche County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Coldwater.
    • Kentucky
      • Calloway County
      • This Coldwater is located in Calloway County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the north of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of Coldwater.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Coldwater is located in Winn Parish and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Coldwater.
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • This Coldwater is located in Branch County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Coldwater.
    • Missouri
      • Wayne County
      • This Coldwater is located in Wayne County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the north of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Coldwater.
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Coldwater is located in Monroe County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Coldwater.
    • North Dakota
      • McIntosh 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 North Dakota community of Coldwater [McIntosh County].
    • Ohio
      • Mercer County
      • This Coldwater is located in Mercer County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Coldwater.
    • Ontario
      • This Coldwater lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Coldwater [Cannon County].
      • Lincoln County
      • This Coldwater is located in Lincoln County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Coldwater.
    • Texas
      • Dallam County
      • This Coldwater is located in Dallam County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallam County community of Coldwater.
      • Sherman County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sherman County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Coldwater.
    • Virginia
      • King and Queen County
      • This Coldwater is located in King and Queen County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King and Queen County community of Coldwater.
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge County
      • This Coldwater is located in Doddridge County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Coldwater that is located in Neshoba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Coldwater.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coldwater ...

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.

  • Deemer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deemer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemer
    • Deemer is located in Neshoba County
  • Dover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Neshoba County
  • Ebenezer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ebenezer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
    • Ebenezer is located in Leake County
  • Edinburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Edinburg is located in Leake County
  • Golden Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
    • Golden Grove is located in Neshoba County
  • Good Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
    • Good Hope is located in Neshoba County
  • High Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Leake County
  • Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Neshoba County
  • New Ireland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Ireland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
    • New Ireland is located in Newton County
  • Pearl River
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
  • Tucker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
  • Waldo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Neshoba County

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

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

  • Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Neshoba County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Coldwater to Jackson, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,403 miles [11,914 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,278 miles [8,494.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coldwater. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coldwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coldwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7149, Longitude: -89.2142       In this case, the coordinates for Coldwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Coldwater, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coldwater 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>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 Coldwater 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 315.081 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.804 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.429 degrees.









 

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