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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 Chickasaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw:
    • 34.886477, -88.076982
    • 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 Chickasaw
  • 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Since Chickasaw is near Tishomingo County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tishomingo 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 Chickasaw

Communities Also Named Chickasaw ...

We found ten communities that are also named Chickasaw.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Chickasaw.

Beyond Alabama, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Mobile County
      • This Chickasaw is located in Mobile County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the south of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Chickasaw.
    • Walker 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 Alabama community of Chickasaw [Walker County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Chickasaw is located in Will County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the north of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Chickasaw.
    • Iowa
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Chickasaw is located in Chickasaw County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Chickasaw.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey 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 Kansas community of Chickasaw [Coffey County].
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • This Chickasaw is located in La Salle Parish and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Chickasaw.
      • West Carroll Parish
      • This Chickasaw is located in West Carroll Parish and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the southwest of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Carroll Parish community of Chickasaw.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw 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 Mississippi community of Chickasaw [Chickasaw County].
    • Ohio
      • Mercer County
      • This Chickasaw is located in Mercer County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chickasaw that is located in Colbert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Chickasaw.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong 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 Pennsylvania community of Chickasaw [Armstrong County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chickasaw ...

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.

  • Buzzard Roost
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Buzzard Roost is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Roost
  • Chickasaw Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chickasaw Crossing is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Crossing
  • Cooks Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooks Landing is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Landing
  • Crows Camp ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crows Camp is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
  • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Gravelly Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gravelly Springs is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Springs
  • Haddock ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Haddock is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • Lane Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lane Springs is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Springs
  • Lime Kiln
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lime Kiln is located in Colbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Kiln
  • Short
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short

How Far From Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw 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<3> community of Chickasaw once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Chickasaw and extending to:

  • Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chickasaw to Tuscumbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chickasaw) 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 Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw, 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 Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8865, Longitude: -88.0770       In this case, the coordinates for Chickasaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.537 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.47 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.53 degrees.