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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 Napoleon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Napoleon 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 Napoleon:
    • 30.325231, -89.624897
    • 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 Napoleon
  • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Napoleon is near Saint Tammany Parish and also Pearl River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pearl River 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 Napoleon

Communities Also Named Napoleon ...

We found ten communities that are also named Napoleon.

Within Mississippi, the name Napoleon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Napoleon is located in Randolph County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Napoleon.
    • Arkansas
      • Desha County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Napoleon [Desha County].
    • Georgia
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Napoleon [Union County].
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Napoleon is located in Ripley County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Napoleon.
    • Kentucky
      • Gallatin County
      • This Napoleon is located in Gallatin County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Napoleon.
    • Michigan
      • Jackson County
      • This Napoleon is located in Jackson County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Napoleon.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Napoleon is located in Lafayette County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Napoleon.
    • North Dakota
      • Logan County
      • This Napoleon is located in Logan County and lies 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Napoleon.
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Napoleon.
      • Henry County
      • This Napoleon is located in Henry County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Napoleon that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Napoleon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Napoleon ...

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.

  • Cross Gates
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Gates is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gates
  • Deer Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Deer Island is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Island
  • Gum Bayou Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gum Bayou Landing is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Bayou Landing
  • Hickory Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Lake Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Logtown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia Forest is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Forest
  • Ozone Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ozone Pines is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone Pines
  • Pecan Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Porters River Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Porters River Landing is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters River Landing
  • Quail Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • River Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • River Gardens is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Gardens
  • Willow Wood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Willow Wood is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood

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

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

  • Bay Saint Louis, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Napoleon to Bay Saint Louis, with an average speed<4> 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,528 miles [12,115.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,406 miles [8,700.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Napoleon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Napoleon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Napoleon 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Napoleon 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 Napoleon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3252, Longitude: -89.6249       In this case, the coordinates for Napoleon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.097 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.50 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.991 degrees.