Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Coll Town:
  • 30.512142, -88.550573
  • 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 Coll Town

• 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Since Coll Town is near Mobile County and also George County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mobile County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for George 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 Coll Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coll Town ...

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.

• Big Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Point is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
• Elders Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Elders Ferry is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Ferry
• Evergreen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ford is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
• Helena
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Helena is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
• Hickory Hills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Martin Bluff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
• Randall Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Randall Ferry is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Ferry
• Sawmill Pointe
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sawmill Pointe is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Pointe
• Three Rivers
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coll Town and extending to:

• Pascagoula, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Coll Town to Pascagoula, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 871 miles [1,401.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,350 miles [8,610 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'