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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 O'Neil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'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 O'Neil:
- 31.304380, -90.884086
- 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 O'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 Amite County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amite County
- Since O'Neil is near Franklin County and also Wilkinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson 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 O'Neil
Communities Also Named O'Neil ...
We found seven communities that are also named O'Neil.
Within Mississippi, the name O'Neil is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Nassau County
- This O'Neil is located in Nassau County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the east of the O'Neil that is located in Amite County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of O'Neil.
- Michigan
- Kalkaska County
- This O'Neil is located in Kalkaska County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the O'Neil that is located in Amite County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalkaska County community of O'Neil.
- Nevada
- Elko 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 Nevada community of O'Neil [Elko County].
- New Brunswick
- This O'Neil lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the O'Neil that is located in Amite County.
- Oregon
- Crook County
- This O'Neil is located in Crook County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<1> to the northwest of the O'Neil that is located in Amite County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crook County community of O'Neil.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 O'Neil [Allegheny County].
- Quebec
- This O'Neil lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the O'Neil that is located in Amite County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near O'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.
- Bunkley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bunkley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkley
- Busy Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Busy Corner is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Compromise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Compromise is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compromise
- Dick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dick
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Freewoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Freewoods is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewoods
- Hustler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hustler is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Little Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Springs
- Meadville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From O'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 O'Neil to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in O'Neil and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Amite County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from O'Neil to Liberty, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,540 miles [12,134.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,416 miles [8,716.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- O'Neil) 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 O'Neil, 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 O'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. |
| <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 O'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 O'Neil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3044, Longitude: -90.8841 In this case, the coordinates for O'Neil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.969 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.647 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.337 degrees. |
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