Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Prince Chapel:
  • 32.904297, -88.906444
  • 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 Prince Chapel

• 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
  • Since Prince Chapel is near Winston County and also Neshoba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Neshoba 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 Prince Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prince Chapel ...

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.

• Bond
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bond is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
• Claytown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Claytown is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytown
• Cow Creek ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cow Creek is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
• Crossroads
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Crossroads is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Forestdale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Forestdale is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
• Handle
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Handle is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
• Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
• Red Bud ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Red Bud is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
• Sandtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandtown is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
• Spring Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Creek is located in Neshoba County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
• Summerville ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Summerville is located in Noxubee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Prince Chapel and extending to:

• De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prince Chapel to De Kalb, with an average speed<2> 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 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,256 miles [8,458.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'