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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 Chapeltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapeltown 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 Chapeltown:
    • 34.262328, -90.030076
    • 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 Chapeltown
  • 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
    • Since Chapeltown is near Quitman County and also Tallahatchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Quitman County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tallahatchie 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 Chapeltown

Communities Also Named Chapeltown ...

We found one communities that are also named Chapeltown.

Within Mississippi, the name Chapeltown is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Chapeltown in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Chapeltown is located in Kent County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chapeltown that is located in Panola County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Chapeltown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapeltown ...

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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Allen is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Bobo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Delta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Delta is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Eureka Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
  • Long Branch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Branch is located in Yalobusha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Marks
    (13 miles [20.9 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 <2>
  • Pleasant Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pope is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Riverview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Riverview is located in Quitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview

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

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

  • Batesville, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Chapeltown to Jackson, with an average speed<3>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 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,367 miles [11,856 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,243 miles [8,437.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chapeltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Chapeltown 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 Chapeltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2623, Longitude: -90.0301    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.712 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.746 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.483 degrees.