Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parkview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkview and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Parkview
- 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 Parkview:
- 33.980666, -88.463376
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Parkview
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Parkview is near Itawamba County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Itawamba County
- eBird sighting report for Lee 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Parkview ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Parkview.
Within Mississippi, the name Parkview is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, twenty are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Parkview is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Parkview.
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Parkview [Prince George's County].
- Wicomico County
- This Parkview is located in Wicomico County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km] to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Parkview.
- Nebraska
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Saskatchewan
- This Parkview lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Parkview is located in Cumberland County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Parkview.
- Roane County
- This Parkview is located in Roane County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Parkview.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Parkview is located in Albemarle County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Parkview.
- Chesapeake City
- This Parkview is located in Chesapeake City and lies 709 miles [1,141 km] to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Parkview.
- Newport News City
- 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 Parkview [Newport News City].
- Petersburg City
- This Parkview is located in Petersburg City and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Parkview.
- Portsmouth City
- This Parkview is located in Portsmouth City and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km] to the east northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Parkview.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Parkview is located in Brooke County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Parkview.
- Ohio County
- This Parkview is located in Ohio County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the northeast of the Parkview that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Parkview.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkview ...
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.
- Ales ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Central Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Central Grove is located in Monroe County
- Coon Tail ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Cotton Gin Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Gin Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Ferry
- Cotton Gin Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Cotton Gin Port ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Port
- Cotton Gin Port is located in Monroe County
- Fields Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fields Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Ferry
- Fields Ferry is located in Monroe County
- Longview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Tranquil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Wise Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Parkview 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 Parkview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkview and extending to:
- Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Parkview to Aberdeen, with an average speed<4> 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 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 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecountyms.org
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9807, Longitude: -88.4634 In this case, the coordinates for Parkview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Parkview 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Parkview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.555 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.879 degrees. |