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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 Parkeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkeville 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 Parkeville:
    • 33.020961, -88.609767
    • 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 Parkeville
  • 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 Noxubee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
    • Since Parkeville is near Kemper County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Parkeville

Communities Also Named Parkeville ...

We found one communities that are also named Parkeville.

Within Mississippi, the name Parkeville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Parkeville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Parkeville is located in Parke County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the north of the Parkeville that is located in Noxubee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Parkeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkeville ...

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.

  • Big Lake ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Big Lake is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Center Point ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Center Point is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Clearman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearman is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearman
  • Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Farewells ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Farewells is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farewells
  • May Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • May Spring is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Spring
  • Paulette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Paulette is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
  • Summerville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Summerville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Triplets Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Triplets Corners is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplets Corners
  • X-Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • X-Prairie is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X-Prairie

How Far From Parkeville 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 Parkeville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Parkeville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkeville and extending to:

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Noxubee County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Parkeville to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Parkeville) 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 Parkeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Parkeville 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 Parkeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0210, Longitude: -88.6098       In this case, the coordinates for Parkeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.736 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.446 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.127 degrees.