Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Cowanville:
  • 31.755164, -90.159808
  • 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 Cowanville

• 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 Copiah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Copiah County
  • Since Cowanville is near Lawrence County and also Simpson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Simpson 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 Cowanville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cowanville ...

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.

• Georgetown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
• Hooker
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hooker is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
• Pines Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pines Ferry is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pines Ferry
• Rockport
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Rockport is located in Copiah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
• Sand Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sand Hill is located in Copiah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Shivers
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shivers is located in Simpson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
• Stronghope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stronghope is located in Copiah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghope
• Union
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Union is located in Simpson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

• Hazlehurst, which is the Seat of Copiah County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cowanville to Hazlehurst, with an average speed<2> 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,488 miles [12,050.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,364 miles [8,632.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'