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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 McLeod, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLeod 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 McLeod:
    • 33.092348, -88.451706
    • 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 McLeod
  • 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 McLeod is near Pickens County and also Kemper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper 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 McLeod

Communities Also Named McLeod ...

We found seven communities that are also named McLeod.

Within Mississippi, the name McLeod is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This McLeod lies 2,420 miles [3,894.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
    • Louisiana
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This McLeod is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of McLeod.
    • Montana
      • Missoula 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 Montana community of McLeod [Missoula County].
      • Sweet Grass County
      • This McLeod is located in Sweet Grass County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweet Grass County community of McLeod.
    • North Dakota
      • Ransom County
      • This McLeod is located in Ransom County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ransom County community of McLeod.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • This McLeod is located in Jackson County and lies 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of McLeod.
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • This McLeod is located in Cass County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the west of the McLeod that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of McLeod.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McLeod ...

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.

  • Big Lake ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Lake is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Center Point ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Center Point is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Cooksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Roads is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Dancy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dancy is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
  • Deerbrook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Foxtrap ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Foxtrap is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtrap
  • Paulette
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Paulette is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
  • Plantersville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plantersville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Prairie Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
  • Ravine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravine is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
  • X-Prairie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • X-Prairie is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X-Prairie

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

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

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Noxubee County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McLeod to Jackson, with an average speed<3>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 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,228 miles [8,413.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McLeod) 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 McLeod 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 McLeod 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 McLeod. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0923, Longitude: -88.4517       In this case, the coordinates for McLeod have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.645 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.351 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.049 degrees.