Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stonegate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stonegate and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stonegate
- 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 Stonegate:
- 33.448733, -88.811720
- 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 Stonegate
- 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 Oktibbeha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha County
- Since Stonegate is near Lowndes County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Stonegate ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Stonegate.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Stonegate.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Stonegate is located in Cook County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the north of the Stonegate that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Stonegate.
- Will County
- This Stonegate is located in Will County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the north of the Stonegate that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Stonegate.
- Indiana
- Maryland
- New York
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Stonegate is located in Montgomery County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stonegate that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Stonegate.
- Salem City
- This Stonegate is located in Salem City and lies 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east northeast of the Stonegate that is located in Oktibbeha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Stonegate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonegate ...
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 Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedar Point is located in Oktibbeha County
- Cherokee Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
- Cherokee Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Green Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
- Green Oaks is located in Oktibbeha County
- Hillbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Patrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Quail Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Quail Valley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Rolling Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Oktibbeha County
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Starkville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Starkville is located in Oktibbeha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,540 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starkville <4>
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
- Timbercove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timbercove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercove
- Timbercove is located in Oktibbeha County
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Oktibbeha County
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Oktibbeha County
- Starkville
How Far From Stonegate 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 Stonegate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stonegate and extending to:
- Starkville, which is the Seat of Oktibbeha County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Stonegate to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stonegate. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stonegate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stonegate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4487, Longitude: -88.8117 In this case, the coordinates for Stonegate 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 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 Stonegate 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'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 Stonegate to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.893 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.686 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.128 degrees. |