Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in X-Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to X-Prairie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for X-Prairie

• 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 X-Prairie:
  • 33.147070, -88.464762
  • 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 X-Prairie

• 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 Noxubee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee County
  • Since X-Prairie is near Pickens County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 X-Prairie

Curious and Interesting Names Near X-Prairie ...

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.

• Big Lake ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Lake is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
• Center Point ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Center Point is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
• Crow ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crow is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
• Deerbrook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
• Foxtrap ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Foxtrap is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtrap
• Plantersville ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Plantersville is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
• Prairie Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
• Ravine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ravine is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
• Shavers ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shavers is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavers

How Far From X-Prairie 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 X-Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in X-Prairie and extending to:

• Macon, which is the Seat of Noxubee County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from X-Prairie to Jackson, with an average speed<2>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 750 miles [1,207 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
• The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'