Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brozville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brozville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brozville
- 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 Brozville:
- 33.033185, -90.112308
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brozville
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Brozville is near Yazoo County and also Attala County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yazoo County
- eBird sighting report for Attala 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brozville ...
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.
- Blissdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Eulogy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Free Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Howard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Oregon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Brozville 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 Brozville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brozville and extending to:
- Lexington, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Brozville to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,427 miles [11,952.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brozville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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- Brozville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brozville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0332, Longitude: -90.1123 In this case, the coordinates for Brozville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Brozville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.662 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.741 degrees. |