Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bayland:
  • 32.887352, -90.658429
  • 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 Bayland

• 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 Yazoo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
  • Since Bayland is near Humphreys County and also Sharkey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Humphreys County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey 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 Bayland

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayland ...

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.

• Anchorage
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Anchorage is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
• Big Eddy Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
• Chapel Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
• Choctaw Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
• Craig
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Craig is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
• George
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • George is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
• Holland Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
• Hollands ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hollands is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands
• Holly Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
• Louise
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Louise is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
• Sleepy Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sleepy Hollow is located in Humphreys County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
• White House Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing

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

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

• Yazoo City, which is the Seat of Yazoo County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bayland to Yazoo City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 866 miles [1,393.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,740 miles [10,847 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,333 miles [8,582.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'