Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Country Club Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Woods and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Country Club Woods

• 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 Country Club Woods:
  • 32.401532, -90.100086
  • 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 Country Club Woods

• 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Since Country Club Woods is near Hinds County and also Rankin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin 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 Country Club Woods

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club Woods ...

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.

• Beaver Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Creek is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
• Rolling Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rolling Meadows is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
• Roses Bluff
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Roses Bluff is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Bluff
• Sandalwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sandalwood is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
• Squirrel Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Squirrel Hill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
• Tavern Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Tavern Hill is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Hill
• Tidewater
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Tidewater is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
• Timber Lakes
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Timber Lakes is located in Rankin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Lakes
• Tougaloo
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tougaloo is located in Hinds County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tougaloo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tougaloo <1>
• Treasure Cove
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Treasure Cove is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Cove
• Village Glen
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Village Glen is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Glen
• Village Square
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Village Square is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
• Woodlake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Woodlake is located in Rankin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake

How Far From Country Club Woods to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Country Club Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Country Club Woods and extending to:

• Canton, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Country Club Woods to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 just to the southwest (SW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 858 miles [1,380.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'