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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 Priceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Priceville 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 Priceville:
    • 34.257607, -88.662274
    • 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 Priceville
  • 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Since Priceville is near Itawamba County and also Pontotoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Itawamba County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pontotoc 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 Priceville

Communities Also Named Priceville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Priceville.

Within Mississippi, the name Priceville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Priceville is located in Morgan County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the east of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Priceville.
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of Priceville [Duval County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hart County
      • This Priceville is located in Hart County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Priceville.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Priceville is located in Baltimore County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Priceville.
    • Missouri
      • Pettis County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Pettis County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Priceville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Priceville lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
    • Ontario
      • This Priceville lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wayne County
      • This Priceville is located in Wayne County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Priceville.
    • Quebec
      • This Priceville lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Priceville is located in Lexington County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east of the Priceville that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Priceville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Priceville ...

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.

  • Flowerdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowerdale is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowerdale
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Harrisburg Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Harrisburg Heights is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Heights
  • Indian Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Indian Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadowview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Meadowview is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Pinecrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinecrest is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Plantersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rebecca Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rebecca Heights is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Heights
  • Skyline
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Skyline is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
  • Terrace Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Terrace Park is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
  • Traceland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Traceland is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceland
  • Tracewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tracewood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracewood
  • Wildwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

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

  • Tupelo, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the West.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Priceville to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Priceville) 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 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 Priceville 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>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 Priceville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Priceville 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 Priceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2576, Longitude: -88.6623       In this case, the coordinates for Priceville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.859 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.757 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.907 degrees.