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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 The Dell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Dell 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 The Dell:
    • 34.361773, -89.521471
    • 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 The Dell
  • 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 Lafayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Since The Dell is near Yalobusha County and also Panola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yalobusha County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Panola 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 The Dell

Communities Also Named The Dell ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named The Dell.

Within Mississippi, the name The Dell is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This The Dell is located in Mississippi County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of The Dell.
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This The Dell is located in Eagle County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of The Dell.
    • Florida
      • Suwannee County
      • This The Dell is located in Suwannee County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of The Dell.
    • Georgia
      • Decatur 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 Georgia community of The Dell [Decatur County].
    • Kansas
      • Lyon 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 The Dell [Lyon County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • This The Dell is located in Sedgwick County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of The Dell.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This The Dell is located in Franklin County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of The Dell.
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa 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 Michigan community of The Dell [Chippewa County].
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • This The Dell is located in Faribault County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of The Dell.
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This The Dell is located in Benton County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of The Dell.
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead County
      • This The Dell is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of The Dell.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This The Dell is located in Washington County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of The Dell.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of The Dell [Malheur County].
    • Quebec
      • This The Dell lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Dell that is located in Lafayette County.
    • Virginia
      • Grayson 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 Virginia community of The Dell [Grayson County].
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur 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 West Virginia community of The Dell [Upshur County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Vernon 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 Wisconsin community of The Dell [Vernon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Dell ...

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.

  • Alesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Alesville is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
  • Denmark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Denmark is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Keel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Keel is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel
  • Molly Barr Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Molly Barr Cove is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molly Barr Cove
  • Rolling Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Woods is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Woods
  • Rollings Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rollings Woods is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollings Woods
  • Splinter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Splinter is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splinter
  • Union Hall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Union Hall is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hall
  • University
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Woodlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Woodlawn is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Dell and extending to:

  • Oxford, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from The Dell to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- The Dell) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 The Dell 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 The Dell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 The Dell 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 The Dell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3618, Longitude: -89.5215       In this case, the coordinates for The Dell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.401 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.399 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.248 degrees.