Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Popsons:
  • 34.005112, -90.466761
  • 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 Popsons

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Popsons ...

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.

• Africa ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Africa is located in Coahoma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
• Brazil
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Brazil is located in Tallahatchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
• Counts
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Counts is located in Coahoma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts
• Dublin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dublin is located in Coahoma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
• Dwiggins
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dwiggins is located in Sunflower County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwiggins
• Longstreet
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Longstreet is located in Quitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
• Promised Land ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Promised Land is located in Sunflower County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
• Roundaway
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
• Sandy Bayou
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Bayou is located in Sunflower County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bayou
• Walnut
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Walnut is located in Quitman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

How Far From Popsons 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 Popsons 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 Popsons once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Popsons and extending to:

• Clarksdale, which is the Seat of Coahoma County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Popsons to Clarksdale, with an average speed<3> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south (S). 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 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,398 miles [11,905.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'