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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 Country Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Hills 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 Country Hills:
    • 33.471788, -88.800887
    • 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 Hills
  • 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 Oktibbeha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
    • Since Country Hills is near Clay County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Hills

Communities Also Named Country Hills ...

We found eight communities that are also named Country Hills.

Within Mississippi, the name Country Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • This Country Hills is located in Lee County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Country Hills.
      • Shelby County
      • This Country Hills is located in Shelby County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the east of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Country Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Country Hills is located in Will County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the north of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Country Hills.
    • Ontario
      • This Country Hills lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Country Hills [Westmoreland County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Country Hills is located in Davis County and lies 1,363 miles [2,193.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Country Hills.
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Country Hills is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km] to the west northwest of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Country Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Country Hills is located in Roanoke County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Hills that is located in Oktibbeha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Country Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Hills ...

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.

  • Cedar Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cherokee Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Green Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Oaks is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
  • Hillbrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Patrick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Patrick is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
  • Rolling Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Rosedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rosedale is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Starkville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Stonegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Stonegate is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Tanglewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Timbercove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Timbercove is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercove
  • University Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights

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

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

  • Starkville, which is the Seat of Oktibbeha County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Country Hills to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Country Hills) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Country Hills 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Country Hills 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 Country Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4718, Longitude: -88.8009       In this case, the coordinates for Country Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.888 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.684 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.119 degrees.