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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 Neil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neil 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 Neil:
- 34.596206, -88.230321
- 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 Neil
- 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 Tishomingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo County
- Since Neil is near Prentiss County and also Colbert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert 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 Neil
Communities Also Named Neil ...
We found two communities that are also named Neil.
Within Mississippi, the name Neil is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare 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 California community of Neil [Tulare County].
- Tennessee
- Franklin County
- This Neil is located in Franklin County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Neil that is located in Tishomingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Neil.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neil ...
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.
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bloody Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bloody Springs is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloody Springs
- Dennis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Golden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Mingo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mingo is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Petertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petertown is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petertown
- Pogo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pogo is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogo
How Far From Neil 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 Neil to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Neil and extending to:
- Iuka, which is the Seat of Tishomingo County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Neil to Iuka, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Neil 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 from Point A (ie- Neil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Neil 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 Neil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5962, Longitude: -88.2303 In this case, the coordinates for Neil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.614 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.52 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.656 degrees. |
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