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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 Nettleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nettleton 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 Nettleton:
    • 34.085232, -88.624766
    • 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 Nettleton
  • 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Nettleton is near Lee County and also Chickasaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw 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 Nettleton

Communities Also Named Nettleton ...

We found six communities that are also named Nettleton.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Nettleton.

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

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Lee County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Nettleton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Nettleton is located in Craighead County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Nettleton that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Nettleton.
    • Kansas
      • Edwards County
      • This Nettleton is located in Edwards County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Nettleton that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Nettleton.
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This Nettleton is located in Caldwell County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Nettleton that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Nettleton.
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Nettleton [Champaign County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Nettleton [Cambria County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nettleton ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brewer is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Cedar Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Central Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Central Grove is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
  • Cotton Gin Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotton Gin Ferry is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Ferry
  • Cotton Gin Port ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotton Gin Port is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Port
  • Evergreen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Itawamba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Fields Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fields Ferry is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
  • Plantersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Poplar Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Tranquil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tranquil is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquil
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Wildwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Nettleton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Nettleton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nettleton to Aberdeen, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 723 miles [1,163.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,315 miles [11,772.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 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- Nettleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Nettleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Nettleton 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Nettleton 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 Nettleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0852, Longitude: -88.6248       In this case, the coordinates for Nettleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.824 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.693 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.925 degrees.