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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 Old Dominion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion:
    • 33.394566, -90.386475
    • 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 Old Dominion
  • 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 Leflore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore County
    • Since Old Dominion is near Sunflower County and also Holmes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes 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 Old Dominion

Communities Also Named Old Dominion ...

We found two communities that are also named Old Dominion.

Within Mississippi, the name Old Dominion is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Old Dominion is located in Albemarle County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Old Dominion that is located in Leflore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Old Dominion.
      • James City County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Old Dominion [James City County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Dominion ...

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.

  • Butler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Butler is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Four Mile
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Mile is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Furry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Furry is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furry
  • Holly Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Holly Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
  • Horseshoe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Horseshoe is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
  • Itta Bena
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jaketown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
  • Marksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Marksville is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
  • Mayday
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayday is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
  • Moorhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
  • Oak Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pollock ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pollock is located in Sunflower County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
  • Rising Sun
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
  • Swiftown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Swiftown is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftown

How Far From Old Dominion 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 community such as Old Dominion to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Leflore County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Dominion to Greenwood, 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south (S). 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 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Dominion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Old Dominion 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.
<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 Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3946, Longitude: -90.3865       In this case, the coordinates for Old Dominion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.865 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.806 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.792 degrees.