Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Old Bassfield:
  • 31.477949, -89.758409
  • 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 Old Bassfield

• 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 Jefferson Davis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis County
  • Since Old Bassfield is near Marion County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Old Bassfield

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Bassfield ...

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.

• Carson
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Carson is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
• Double Churches ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Double Churches is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Churches
• Ebenezer
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ebenezer is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Good Hope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Good Hope is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Haw Pond ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Haw Pond is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Pond
• Hickory Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Lamar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Improve
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Improve is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Improve
• Melba
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
• Society Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Society Hill is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
• Story ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Story is located in Jefferson Davis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story

How Far From Old Bassfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Bassfield 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 Old Bassfield once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Bassfield and extending to:

• Prentiss, which is the Seat of Jefferson Davis County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Bassfield to Prentiss, 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 880 miles [1,416.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,359 miles [8,624.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'