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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 Cow Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cow Creek 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 Cow Creek:
    • 32.829854, -88.837275
    • 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 Cow Creek
  • 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
    • Since Cow Creek is near Neshoba County and also Noxubee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee 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 Cow Creek

Communities Also Named Cow Creek ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cow Creek.

Within Mississippi, the name Cow Creek is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Cow Creek is located in Tuolumne County and lies 1,781 miles [2,866.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cow Creek that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Cow Creek.
    • Florida
      • Volusia County
      • This Cow Creek is located in Volusia County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cow Creek that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Cow Creek.
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater County
      • This Cow Creek is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,708 miles [2,748.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cow Creek that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Cow Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cow Creek [Crawford County].
      • Ellsworth 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 Kansas community of Cow Creek [Ellsworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Cow Creek is located in Estill County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cow Creek that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Cow Creek.
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cow Creek [Rosebud County].
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Cow Creek is located in Douglas County and lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cow Creek that is located in Kemper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Cow Creek.
    • Texas
      • Erath County
      • Although located in Erath County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erath County community of Cow Creek.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Cow Creek [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cow Creek ...

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.

  • Bond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bond is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
  • Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Darnall ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Darnall is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
  • Forestdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestdale is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Handle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Moscow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Moscow is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Prince Chapel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Prince Chapel is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Chapel
  • Red Bud ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
  • Sandtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sandtown is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Summerville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

How Far From Cow Creek 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 Cow Creek 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<3> community of Cow Creek once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cow Creek and extending to:

  • De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cow Creek to De Kalb, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,257 miles [8,460.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cow Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Cow Creek 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cow Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cow Creek 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 Cow Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8299, Longitude: -88.8373       In this case, the coordinates for Cow Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.86 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.563 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.255 degrees.