Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Crumtown:
  • 34.839259, -88.733389
  • 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 Crumtown

• 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 Alcorn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Alcorn County
  • Since Crumtown is near Tippah County and also Prentiss County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tippah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prentiss 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 Crumtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crumtown ...

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.

• Biggersville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
• Crow
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Crow is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
• Cuba
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cuba is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Gift
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gift is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
• Hightown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hightown is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
• Jonestown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jonestown is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
• Jumpertown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
• Lone Pine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lone Pine is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
• Mitchell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell is located in Tippah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
• Silver Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Springs is located in Tippah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
• Synagogue
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Synagogue is located in Alcorn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synagogue
• Walnut Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Creek is located in Tippah County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek

How Far From Crumtown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crumtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Corinth, which is the Seat of Alcorn County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crumtown to Corinth, 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,161 miles [8,305.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'