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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 Bobo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bobo and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Bobo:
    • 34.283781, -90.177514
    • 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 Bobo
  • 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 Quitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman County
    • Since Bobo is near Panola County and also Coahoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma 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 Bobo

Communities Also Named Bobo ...

We found seven communities that are also named Bobo.

There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Bobo.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Mississippi ...
    • Coahoma County
      • This Bobo is located in Coahoma County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Bobo.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Fayette County
      • This Bobo is located in Fayette County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bobo.
      • Madison County
      • This Bobo is located in Madison County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the east northeast of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bobo.
    • Georgia
      • Gordon County
      • This Bobo is located in Gordon County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Bobo.
    • Indiana
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bobo [Adams County].
    • Ohio
      • Pike County
      • This Bobo is located in Pike County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Bobo.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • This Bobo is located in Shelby County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bobo that is located in Quitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Bobo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bobo ...

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.

  • Allen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Allen is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Chapeltown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Darling
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Darling is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darling
  • Delta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Delta is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Falcon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Falcon is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Marks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Marks is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <3>
  • Oliverfried
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oliverfried is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliverfried
  • Pleasant Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Riverview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Riverview is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bobo and extending to:

  • Marks, which is the Seat of Quitman County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Bobo to Jackson, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,248 miles [8,445.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bobo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bobo 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bobo 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 Bobo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2838, Longitude: -90.1775    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.807 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.858 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.542 degrees.