Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Ayanabi:
  • 32.694580, -88.742271
  • 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 Ayanabi

• 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
  • Since Ayanabi is near Lauderdale County and also Neshoba 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 Neshoba 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 Ayanabi

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ayanabi ...

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.

• Cow Creek ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cow Creek is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
• Daleville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
• Damascus
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Damascus is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Darnall ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Darnall is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
• Herbert ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Herbert is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
• Kipling
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kipling is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
• Liberty
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Liberty is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Moscow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Moscow is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Oak Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Prismatic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Prismatic is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
• Red Bud ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
• Rocky Mount ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Mount is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
• Shucktown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Shucktown is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucktown

How Far From Ayanabi 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 Ayanabi 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<1> community of Ayanabi once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ayanabi and extending to:

• De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ayanabi to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,383 miles [11,881.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'