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

  • 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 McBride:
    • 31.765719, -90.782323
    • 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 McBride
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since McBride is near Claiborne County and also Copiah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Copiah 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 McBride

Communities Also Named McBride ...

We found ten communities that are also named McBride.

Within Mississippi, the name McBride is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This McBride lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This McBride is located in Coweta County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of McBride.
    • Iowa
      • Madison County
      • This McBride is located in Madison County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of McBride.
    • Louisiana
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This McBride is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the south of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of McBride.
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm County
      • This McBride is located in Montcalm County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montcalm County community of McBride.
    • Missouri
      • Perry County
      • This McBride is located in Perry County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the north of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of McBride.
    • Oklahoma
      • Marshall County
      • This McBride is located in Marshall County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of McBride.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This McBride is located in Butler County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of McBride.
    • Tennessee
      • Crockett 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 Tennessee community of McBride [Crockett County].
    • Texas
      • Carson County
      • This McBride is located in Carson County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McBride that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carson County community of McBride.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McBride ...

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.

  • Allen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Allen is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Caseyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Dennis Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dennis Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Crossroads
  • Elmo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmo is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Hermanville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hermanville is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Red Lick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
  • Shucktown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shucktown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucktown
  • Union Church
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Union Church is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
  • Veto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Veto is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
  • Violet
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Violet is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet

How Far From McBride to ...

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

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

  • Fayette, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McBride to Fayette, 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 five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,515 miles [12,094.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,390 miles [8,674.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- McBride) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 McBride 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 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.
<4>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 McBride 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 McBride. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7657, Longitude: -90.7823       In this case, the coordinates for McBride have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.955 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.693 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.225 degrees.