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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 Browning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browning 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 Browning:
- 33.518623, -90.119291
- 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 Browning
- 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 Browning is near Carroll County and also Grenada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grenada 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 Browning
Communities Also Named Browning ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Browning.
Within Mississippi, the name Browning is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Orange County
- This Browning is located in Orange County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the west of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Browning.
- Georgia
- Polk 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 Georgia community of Browning [Polk County].
- Wilcox County
- This Browning is located in Wilcox County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Browning.
- Illinois
- Schuyler County
- This Browning is located in Schuyler County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the north of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Browning.
- Iowa
- Carroll 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 Iowa community of Browning [Carroll County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Browning [Daviess County].
- Warren County
- This Browning is located in Warren County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Browning.
- Maine
- York 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 Maine community of Browning [York County].
- Missouri
- Linn County
- This Browning is located in Linn County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Browning.
- Montana
- Glacier County
- This Browning is located in Glacier County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Browning.
- Saskatchewan
- This Browning lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- Texas
- Smith County
- This Browning is located in Smith County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Browning.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Browning [Jackson County].
- Summers County
- This Browning is located in Summers County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Browning that is located in Leflore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summers County community of Browning.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browning ...
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.
- Bright Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bright Corner is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Corner
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Craigside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Craigside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigside
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Money
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Seven Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Seven Pines is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shellmound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Valley Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valley Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Wildwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Browning 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 Browning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Browning and extending to:
- Greenwood, which is the Seat of Leflore County, lies just to the West.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Browning to Jackson, with an average speed<5>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 816 miles [1,313.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,405 miles [11,917.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Browning) 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 Browning 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Browning, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Browning 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 Browning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5186, Longitude: -90.1193 In this case, the coordinates for Browning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.708 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.641 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.658 degrees. |
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