Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Chickasawba:
  • 35.927295, -89.923420
  • 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 Chickasawba

• 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
  • Since Chickasawba is near Pemiscot County and also Dunklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Chickasawba

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chickasawba ...

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.

• Channel
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Channel is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel
• Clear Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
• Dearman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dearman is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearman
• Dell
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Dell is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
• Gilbert
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilbert is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
• Half Moon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Half Moon is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
• Hightower
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hightower is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
• Holland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
• Little Green Store
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Little Green Store is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Green Store
• Promised Land
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
• Stark City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stark City is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
• Temples Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Temples Corner is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temples Corner
• Tuckertown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Tuckertown is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

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

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

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Chickasawba to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'