Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McSwain:
  • 31.314622, -88.976996
  • 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 McSwain

• 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
  • Since McSwain is near Jones County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest 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 McSwain

Curious and Interesting Names Near McSwain ...

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.

• Brewer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Brewer is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
• Four Points
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Four Points is located in Forrest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
• Good Hope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Good Hope is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Goodluck
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
• Hercules Station
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hercules Station is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules Station
• Indian Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Indian Springs is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
• Little Creek
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Creek is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
• Monarch
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Monarch is located in Jones County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
• Mulberry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mulberry is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
• Ragland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ragland is located in Forrest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
• Redhill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Redhill is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhill
• Sand Hill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Sand Hill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Sunrise
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sunrise is located in Forrest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise

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

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

• New Augusta, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from McSwain to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'