Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Prismatic:
  • 32.591805, -88.738381
  • 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 Prismatic

• 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 Prismatic is near Lauderdale County and also Neshoba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Prismatic

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prismatic ...

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.

• Daleville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
• Damascus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Damascus is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Darnall ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Darnall is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
• Kipling
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kipling is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Liberty is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Martin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Martin is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
• Moscow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Moscow is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
• Pine Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pine Springs is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
• Shucktown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shucktown is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shucktown
• Texas ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Texas is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

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

• De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Prismatic to De Kalb, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 86 miles [138.4 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 786 miles [1,264.9 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 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,263 miles [8,470 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'