Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Buttahatchie:
  • 33.805666, -88.278647
  • 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 Buttahatchie

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since Buttahatchie is near Lamar County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Buttahatchie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buttahatchie ...

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.

• Border Springs ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Border Springs is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Springs
• Flint Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Flint Hill is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
• Gallagher Ferry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gallagher Ferry is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Ferry
• Grubb Springs ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grubb Springs is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
• Mormon Springs
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mormon Springs is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Springs
• Moscow
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moscow is located in Lamar County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Pine Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Springs is located in Lamar County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
• Star
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Star is located in Lamar County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
• Temperence Hill ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Temperence Hill is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperence Hill
• Wise Gap
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wise Gap is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Gap

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Buttahatchie once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buttahatchie and extending to:

• Aberdeen, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Buttahatchie to Aberdeen, with an average speed<3> 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 151 miles [243 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'