Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 East Coongetto:
  • 32.704302, -88.795883
  • 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 East Coongetto

• 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
  • Since East Coongetto is near Neshoba County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 East Coongetto

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Coongetto ...

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.

• Cow Creek ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cow Creek is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
• Crossroads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Damascus
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Damascus is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Darnall ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Darnall is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
• Herbert ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Herbert is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
• Kipling
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kipling is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
• Liberty
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Moscow
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Moscow is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Prismatic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Prismatic is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
• Red Bud ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
• Texas ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Texas is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

How Far From East Coongetto 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 East Coongetto 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 East Coongetto once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Coongetto and extending to:

• De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Coongetto to De Kalb, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,385 miles [11,885 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,261 miles [8,466.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'