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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 Plum Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plum Grove 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 Plum Grove:
    • 33.309844, -88.440318
    • 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 Plum Grove
  • 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 Lowndes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
    • Since Plum Grove is near Noxubee County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Plum Grove

Communities Also Named Plum Grove ...

We found four communities that are also named Plum Grove.

Within Mississippi, the name Plum Grove is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Atchison 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 Kansas community of Plum Grove [Atchison County].
      • Butler 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 Kansas community of Plum Grove [Butler County].
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • This Plum Grove is located in Ellis County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the west of the Plum Grove that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Plum Grove.
      • Liberty County
      • This Plum Grove is located in Liberty County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the west southwest of the Plum Grove that is located in Lowndes County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Plum Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Grove ...

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.

  • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Cedar View
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar View is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar View
  • Crow ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Crow is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Deerbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Grantsville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grantsville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
  • Pickens Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickens Ferry is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens Ferry
  • Pickensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
  • Pickensville Ferry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickensville Ferry is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville Ferry
  • Plantersville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Plantersville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Prairie Hill ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prairie Hill is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
    • Prairie Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
    • Ravine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ravine is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Shavers ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shavers is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavers
    • Trinity
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Trinity is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • X-Prairie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • X-Prairie is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X-Prairie

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

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

  • Columbus, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Plum Grove to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,342 miles [11,815.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Plum Grove 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>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 from Point A (ie- Plum Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Plum Grove 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 Plum Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3098, Longitude: -88.4403       In this case, the coordinates for Plum Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.655 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.391 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.002 degrees.