Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ozona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ozona and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ozona
- 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 Ozona:
- 30.584635, -89.663676
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ozona
- 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 Pearl River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pearl River County
- Since Ozona is near Hancock County and also Saint Tammany Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany Parish
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ozona ...
We found three communities that share the name Ozona.
Within Mississippi, the name Ozona is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ozona [Hillsborough County].
- Pinellas County
- This Ozona is located in Pinellas County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ozona that is located in Pearl River County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Ozona.
- Texas
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ozona ...
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.
- Audubon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Bush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Bush is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bush <4>
- Center ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Centre ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Derby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Flat Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Hickory
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Industrial
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Industrial have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial
- Industrial is located in Pearl River County
- Leetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Palestine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Ozona 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 Ozona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ozona and extending to:
- Poplarville, which is the Seat of Pearl River County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ozona to Poplarville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,396 miles [8,684 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ozona. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pearl River County: www.pearlrivercounty.net/
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ozona 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. |
| <2> | 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- Ozona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ozona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5846, Longitude: -89.6637 In this case, the coordinates for Ozona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ozona to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.148 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.595 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.966 degrees. |