Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Little Sunflower:
  • 32.694300, -90.815656
  • 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 Little Sunflower

• 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 Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
  • Since Little Sunflower is near Issaquena County and also Yazoo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yazoo 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 Little Sunflower

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Sunflower ...

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.

• Ballground
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ballground is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballground
• Choctaw Landing
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
• Eldorado
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Eldorado is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
• Enola
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Enola is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
• George
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • George is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
• Holly Bluff
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Bluff is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Bluff
• Horn Place Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Horn Place Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Place Landing
• Kansas Landing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kansas Landing is located in Yazoo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Landing
• Onward
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Onward is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
• Spanish Fort
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Fort is located in Sharkey County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
• Valley Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park

How Far From Little Sunflower to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Little Sunflower to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Sunflower and extending to:

• Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Sunflower to Rolling Fork, with an average speed<2> 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 four to five hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,473 miles [12,026.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,349 miles [8,608.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'