Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Doty Springs:
  • 33.052907, -89.359793
  • 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 Doty Springs

• 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 Attala County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Attala County
  • Since Doty Springs is near Winston County and also Choctaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Doty Springs

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doty Springs ...

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.

• Center
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Center is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
• Cowpen ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Cowpen is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpen
• Edgefield ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Edgefield is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
• Ethel
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ethel is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
• Gregory ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gregory is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
• Providence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Providence is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Rural Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Hill is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
• Tabernacle ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Tabernacle is located in Attala County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
• Vowell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Vowell is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell

How Far From Doty Springs 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 Doty Springs 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<1> community of Doty Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doty Springs and extending to:

• Kosciusko, which is the Seat of Attala County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Doty Springs to Kosciusko, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 797 miles [1,282.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'