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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 McIntyre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McIntyre 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 McIntyre:
    • 33.457065, -88.522821
    • 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 McIntyre
  • 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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
    • Since McIntyre is near Clay County and also Oktibbeha 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 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 McIntyre

Communities Also Named McIntyre ...

We found ten communities that are also named McIntyre.

Within Mississippi, the name McIntyre 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 two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Franklin County
      • This McIntyre is located in Franklin County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of McIntyre.
    • Georgia
      • Wilkinson County
      • This McIntyre is located in Wilkinson County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the east of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of McIntyre.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This McIntyre is located in Webster Parish and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the west of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of McIntyre.
    • Maryland
      • Harford 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 Maryland community of McIntyre [Harford County].
    • Michigan
      • Huron 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 Michigan community of McIntyre [Huron County].
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This McIntyre is located in Dutchess County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of McIntyre.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This McIntyre is located in Jefferson County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of McIntyre.
    • Ontario
      • This McIntyre lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This McIntyre is located in Indiana County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of McIntyre.
    • Utah
      • Juab County
      • This McIntyre is located in Juab County and lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McIntyre that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juab County community of McIntyre.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McIntyre ...

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.

  • Columbus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fox Run is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Greenacres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenacres is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
  • Holly Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Hills is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Mayhew
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mayhew is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
  • Plymouth ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Prairie Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie Hill is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
  • Rocky Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Ford is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Trinity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Trinity is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of McIntyre once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in McIntyre and extending to:

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from McIntyre to Jackson, with an average speed<5>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 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,339 miles [11,811 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- McIntyre) 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 McIntyre 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>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 McIntyre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 McIntyre 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 McIntyre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4571, Longitude: -88.5228       In this case, the coordinates for McIntyre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.716 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.483 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.007 degrees.