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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 Black Bayou Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Bayou Junction 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 Black Bayou Junction:
    • 33.799004, -90.269254
    • 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 Black Bayou Junction
  • 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 Leflore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leflore County
    • Since Black Bayou Junction is near Tallahatchie County and also Sunflower County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sunflower 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 Black Bayou Junction

Communities Also Named Black Bayou Junction ...

We found one communities that are also named Black Bayou Junction.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Black Bayou Junction.

Beyond Mississippi.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Tallahatchie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Black Bayou Junction [Tallahatchie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Bayou Junction ...

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.

  • Hugo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hugo is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • James Minter Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • James Minter Ferry is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Minter Ferry
  • Needmore ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Needmore is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Ruby
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ruby is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Sandy Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Sharkey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sharkey is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
  • Sunnyside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Swan Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Swan Lake Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Swan Lake Ferry is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Ferry

How Far From Black Bayou Junction to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Black Bayou Junction and extending to:

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Leflore County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Bayou Junction to Greenwood, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,399 miles [11,907.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,274 miles [8,487.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Black Bayou Junction 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Bayou Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Black Bayou Junction 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 Black Bayou Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7990, Longitude: -90.2693       In this case, the coordinates for Black Bayou Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.825 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.815 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.67 degrees.