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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 Meltonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meltonville 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 Meltonville:
    • 32.516529, -90.037862
    • 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 Meltonville
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Meltonville is near Rankin County and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds 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 Meltonville

Communities Also Named Meltonville ...

We found two communities that are also named Meltonville.

Within Mississippi, the name Meltonville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Meltonville [Vigo County].
    • Iowa
      • Worth County
      • This Meltonville is located in Worth County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the north of the Meltonville that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Meltonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meltonville ...

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Hunters Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
  • Meeks Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Meeks Ferry is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Ferry
  • Pecan Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pecan Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Creek
  • Roses Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Roses Bluff is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Bluff
  • Sandalwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandalwood is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
  • Stonegate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonegate is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Summertree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Summertree is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summertree
  • Tavern Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tavern Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Hill
  • Tidewater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tidewater is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidewater
  • Treasure Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Treasure Cove is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Cove
  • Twelve Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
  • Twin Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Twin Harbor is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Harbor

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the North.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Meltonville to Jackson, 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,323 miles [8,566.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Meltonville 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meltonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Meltonville 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 Meltonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5165, Longitude: -90.0379       In this case, the coordinates for Meltonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.569 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.345 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.799 degrees.