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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 Horn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horn and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Horn:
    • 31.931819, -88.539755
    • 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 Horn
  • 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Horn is near Choctaw County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Horn

Communities Also Named Horn ...

We found seven communities that are also named Horn.

Within Mississippi, the name Horn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yuma County
      • This Horn is located in Yuma County and lies 1,453 miles [2,338.4 km]<1> to the west of the Horn that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Horn.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper 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 Iowa community of Horn [Jasper County].
    • Missouri
      • Jasper 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 Missouri community of Horn [Jasper County].
    • Nebraska
      • Dawes County
      • This Horn is located in Dawes County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Horn that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawes County community of Horn.
    • North Dakota
      • Stutsman 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 North Dakota community of Horn [Stutsman County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren 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 Pennsylvania community of Horn [Warren County].
    • Virginia
      • Buchanan County
      • This Horn is located in Buchanan County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Horn that is located in Clarke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Horn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Horn ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brewer is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Chancellor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Chancellor is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
  • Creek ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek
  • Gin ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gin is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
  • Junction City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Junction City is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
  • Melvin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
  • Pierces Springs ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pierces Springs is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Springs
  • Threadville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Threadville is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threadville
  • Water Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Water Valley is located in Choctaw County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley

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

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

  • Quitman, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Horn to Quitman, 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 805 miles [1,295.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,408 miles [11,922 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Horn) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Horn 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>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 Horn 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 Horn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9318, Longitude: -88.5398       In this case, the coordinates for Horn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.603 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.144 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.30 degrees.