Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in O'Donnell Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Donnell Bend and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for O'Donnell Bend

• 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 O'Donnell Bend:
  • 35.797021, -89.803416
  • 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 O'Donnell Bend

• 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 O'Donnell Bend is near Lauderdale County and also Dyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer 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 O'Donnell Bend

Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Donnell Bend ...

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.

• Cherry
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
• Clear Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
• Daniels Point Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
• Golddust
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
• Lightfoot
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
• Lower Forked Deer Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lower Forked Deer Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Forked Deer Landing
• Olive Branch
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Olive Branch is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
• Promised Land
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
• Three Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Three Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Point
• Tomato
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tomato is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomato
• Tuckertown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tuckertown is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From O'Donnell Bend to ...

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

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

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from O'Donnell Bend 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 732 miles [1,178 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 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'