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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 Snell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snell and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Snell:
    • 32.191812, -88.501703
    • 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 Snell
  • 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Snell is near Choctaw County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Snell

Communities Also Named Snell ...

We found five communities that are also named Snell.

Within Mississippi, the name Snell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • This Snell is located in Cleburne County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snell that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Snell.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski 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 Kentucky community of Snell [Pulaski County].
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Snell [Rutherford County].
    • Virginia
      • Spotsylvania County
      • This Snell is located in Spotsylvania County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snell that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spotsylvania County community of Snell.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • This Snell is located in Marathon County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the north of the Snell that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Snell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snell ...

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.

  • Cyril
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cyril is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
  • Energy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Energy is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Hurricane Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurricane Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
  • Increase
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Increase is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
    • Increase has also been known as:
    • Causeyville
  • Pine Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Pleasant Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Riderwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Riderwood is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood
  • Rock Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Sable
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sable is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable
  • Whynot
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
  • Zero
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Zero is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero

How Far From Snell to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Snell to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Quitman, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Snell to Quitman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,271 miles [8,482.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Snell) 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 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 Snell 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 Snell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Snell 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 Snell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1918, Longitude: -88.5017       In this case, the coordinates for Snell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.603 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.178 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.238 degrees.