Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mashulaville:
  • 33.086487, -88.744989
  • 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 Mashulaville

• 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 Noxubee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
  • Since Mashulaville is near Winston County and also Oktibbeha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha 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 Mashulaville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mashulaville ...

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.

• Clearman
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clearman is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearman
• Dixie ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dixie is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Farewells ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Farewells is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farewells
• Handle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Handle is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Handle
  • From Mashulaville to Handle
• Jeff Davis ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jeff Davis is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Davis
• Lynn Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lynn Creek is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Creek
• May Spring
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • May Spring is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Spring
• Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
• Summerville ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Summerville is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
• Triplets Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Triplets Corners is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplets Corners

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mashulaville and extending to:

• Macon, which is the Seat of Noxubee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mashulaville to Macon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'