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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 Oak Grove Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Grove Park 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 Oak Grove Park:
    • 34.202052, -88.664496
    • 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 Oak Grove Park
  • 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Since Oak Grove Park is near Itawamba County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Oak Grove Park

Communities Also Named Oak Grove Park ...

We found two communities that are also named Oak Grove Park.

Within Mississippi, the name Oak Grove Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Rock Island 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 Illinois community of Oak Grove Park [Rock Island County].
      • Woodford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oak Grove Park [Woodford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Grove Park ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Brewer is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Cedar Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Green Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Harrisburg Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrisburg Heights is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Heights
  • Lakeview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadowview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Pinecrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinecrest is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Plantersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Priceville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Priceville is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
  • Rebecca Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rebecca Heights is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Heights
  • Skyline
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Skyline is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
  • Terrace Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Terrace Park is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Traceland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Traceland is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceland
    • Tracewood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tracewood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracewood
    • Union
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Wildwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Wildwood is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Oak Grove Park 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 Oak Grove Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oak Grove Park and extending to:

  • Tupelo, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Grove Park to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,312 miles [11,767.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 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 Oak Grove Park 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Oak Grove Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Oak Grove Park 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 Oak Grove Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2021, Longitude: -88.6645       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Grove Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.857 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.747 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.919 degrees.