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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 Cobbs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobbs 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 Cobbs:
- 31.559997, -90.574778
- 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 Cobbs
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Cobbs is near Franklin County and also Copiah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Copiah 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 Cobbs
Communities Also Named Cobbs ...
We found eight communities that are also named Cobbs.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Cobbs.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Lowndes County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cobbs [Lowndes County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- This Cobbs is located in Lonoke County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Cobbs that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Cobbs.
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cobbs [Cherokee County].
- Wilson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cobbs [Wilson County].
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cobbs [Crockett County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cobbs [Van Zandt County].
- Virginia
- Northampton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cobbs [Northampton County].
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cobbs [Rock County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobbs ...
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.
- Caseyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Friendship
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hartman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hartman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- New Sight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearlhaven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pearlhaven is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearlhaven
- Quentin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Quentin is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quentin
- Shucktown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shucktown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucktown
- Veto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Veto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
How Far From Cobbs 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 Cobbs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cobbs and extending to:
- Brookhaven, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the East.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Cobbs 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 914 miles [1,470.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,515 miles [12,094.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,391 miles [8,676 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cobbs 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cobbs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cobbs 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 Cobbs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5600, Longitude: -90.5748 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.806 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.492 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.174 degrees. |
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