Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prairie Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prairie Hill
- 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 Prairie Hill:
- 33.405677, -88.586157
- 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 Prairie Hill
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Since Prairie Hill is near Oktibbeha County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Prairie Hill ...
We found five communities that share the name Prairie Hill.
Within Mississippi, the name Prairie Hill is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Chase 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 Prairie Hill [Chase County].
- Missouri
- Chariton County
- This Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Prairie Hill that is located in Lowndes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chariton County community of Prairie Hill.
- Oklahoma
- Jackson County
- This Prairie Hill is located in Jackson County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the west of the Prairie Hill that is located in Lowndes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Prairie Hill.
- Texas
- Limestone County
- This Prairie Hill is located in Limestone County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the west of the Prairie Hill that is located in Lowndes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Prairie Hill.
- Washington County
- This Prairie Hill is located in Washington County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km] to the west southwest of the Prairie Hill that is located in Lowndes County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Prairie Hill.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Hill ...
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.
- Blackjack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Lowndes County
- Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,307 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <4>
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Greenacres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenacres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Greenacres is located in Lowndes County
- Hillbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Mayhew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Plum Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Plum Grove is located in Lowndes County
- Plymouth ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Rocky Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rocky Ford is located in Clay County
- Shavers ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Trinity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Prairie Hill 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 Prairie Hill 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<5> community of Prairie Hill once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie Hill and extending to:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Lowndes County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Hill to Columbus, with an average speed<6> 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 119 miles [191.5 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 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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 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 Prairie Hill 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 '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- Prairie Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4057, Longitude: -88.5862 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Prairie Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Prairie Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.751 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.516 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.043 degrees. |