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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 Peyton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peyton 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 Peyton:
- 34.621639, -90.471889
- 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 Peyton
- 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 Tunica County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tunica County
- Since Peyton is near Coahoma County and also Phillips County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips 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 Peyton
Communities Also Named Peyton ...
We found six communities that are also named Peyton.
There is one other community in Mississippi that is also named Peyton.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Claiborne County
- This Peyton is located in Claiborne County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the south of the Peyton that is located in Tunica County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Peyton.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso County
- This Peyton is located in El Paso County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Peyton that is located in Tunica County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Peyton.
- Georgia
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Peyton [Fulton County].
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- This Peyton is located in Augusta County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peyton that is located in Tunica County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Peyton.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This Peyton is located in Whitman County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Peyton that is located in Tunica County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Peyton.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- This Peyton is located in Douglas County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the north of the Peyton that is located in Tunica County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Peyton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peyton ...
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.
- Dubbs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dubbs is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Eagle Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Landing
- Fox Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Island is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Island
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Little Texas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Little Texas is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Maud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maud is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Pink
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pink is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Trotter Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trotter Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Landing
How Far From Peyton 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 Peyton 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<4> community of Peyton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Peyton and extending to:
- Tunica, which is the Seat of Tunica County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Peyton to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 798 miles [1,284.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,245 miles [8,441 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peyton) 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 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 Peyton 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Peyton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Peyton 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 Peyton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6216, Longitude: -90.4719 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.018 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.149 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.605 degrees. |
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