Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Handy Corner:
  • 34.962316, -89.742029
  • 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 Handy Corner

• 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 DeSoto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
  • Since Handy Corner is near Marshall County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Handy Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Handy Corner ...

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.

• Bleak ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bleak is located in Shelby County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleak
• Booth ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Booth is located in Shelby County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
• Cedarview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedarview is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
• Coal Oil Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Oil Corner is located in Marshall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Oil Corner
• Fairhaven
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairhaven is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
• Irene ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Irene is located in Shelby County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
• Lewisburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisburg is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
• Maywood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Maywood is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
• Mineral Wells
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mineral Wells is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Wells
• Olive Branch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Branch <1>
• Stonewall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Stonewall is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall

How Far From Handy Corner 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 Handy Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Handy Corner and extending to:

• Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Handy Corner to Hernando, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south (S). 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 751 miles [1,208.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,323 miles [11,785.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'