Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sels Prairie:
  • 31.938208, -88.630872
  • 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 Sels Prairie

• 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
  • Since Sels Prairie is near Wayne County and also Choctaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Sels Prairie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sels Prairie ...

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.

• Brewer
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Brewer is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
• Chancellor
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chancellor is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
• Creek ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Creek is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek
• De Soto
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • De Soto is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
• Gin ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Gin is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
• Horn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Horn is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
• Junction City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Junction City is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
• Pierces Springs ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pierces Springs is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Springs
• Quitman
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Quitman is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <1>
• Threadville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Threadville is located in Clarke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threadville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sels Prairie and extending to:

• Quitman, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sels Prairie to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 809 miles [1,302 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,288 miles [8,510.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'