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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 Eagle Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Bend 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 Eagle Bend:
    • 32.520417, -91.006773
    • 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 Eagle Bend
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Eagle Bend is near Issaquena County and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll Parish
  • 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 Eagle Bend

Communities Also Named Eagle Bend ...

We found two communities that are also named Eagle Bend.

Within Mississippi, the name Eagle Bend is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eagle Bend [Clay County].
    • Minnesota
      • Todd County
      • This Eagle Bend is located in Todd County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<2> to the north of the Eagle Bend that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Eagle Bend.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Bend ...

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.

  • Duck Port ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Duck Port is located in Madison Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
  • Fortune Fork
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fortune Fork is located in Madison Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Fork
  • Kings
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Kings Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Ferry is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
  • Long Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Lake is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Mound
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mound is located in Madison Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Peelers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peelers is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peelers
  • Signal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Signal is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
  • Sweets Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweets Ferry is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Ferry
  • Twin Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Twin Lake is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake
  • Valley Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley Mills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
  • Valley Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
  • Waltersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Waltersville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville

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

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

  • Vicksburg, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Bend to Vicksburg, 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,490 miles [12,054 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,365 miles [8,634.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Eagle Bend 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Eagle Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Eagle Bend 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 Eagle Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5204, Longitude: -91.0068       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.171 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.045 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.197 degrees.