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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 Horseshoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe:
    • 33.250957, -90.283974
    • 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 Horseshoe
  • 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
    • Since Horseshoe is near Leflore County and also Humphreys County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys 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 Horseshoe

Communities Also Named Horseshoe ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Horseshoe.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Scott County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Scott County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the southeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Horseshoe.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Jackson County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Jackson County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Horseshoe.
    • Colorado
      • Park 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 Colorado community of Horseshoe [Park County].
    • Florida
      • Dixie County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Dixie County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Horseshoe.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Saline County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Horseshoe.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan 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 Michigan community of Horseshoe [Allegan County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Horseshoe.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Horseshoe.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Camden County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Horseshoe.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Carter County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Horseshoe.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Horseshoe is located in Hanover County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Horseshoe that is located in Holmes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Horseshoe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Horseshoe ...

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.

  • Butler
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Butler is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Choctaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Choctaw is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • Grass Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Grass Lake is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
  • Marksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Marksville is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Mayday
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mayday is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
  • Meeks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meeks is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Oklahoma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oklahoma is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
  • Pinchback
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pinchback is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinchback
  • Refuge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Refuge is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
  • Swiftown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Swiftown is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftown

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

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

  • Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Horseshoe to Lexington, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,425 miles [11,949.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,300 miles [8,529.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Horseshoe) 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 Horseshoe, 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 Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2510, Longitude: -90.2840       In this case, the coordinates for Horseshoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.788 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.698 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.774 degrees.