Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Spring Cottage:
  • 31.089626, -89.766465
  • 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 Spring Cottage

• 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Since Spring Cottage is near Lamar County and also Washington Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington Parish

• 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 Spring Cottage

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Cottage ...

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.

• Edna
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Edna is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
• Fordsville ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fordsville is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordsville
• Hub
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hub is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
• Hurricane Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hurricane Creek is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Creek
• Keno ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Keno is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
• Mildred
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mildred is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
• Pickwick
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pickwick is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
• Pinebur
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinebur is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
• Sandy Hook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Hook is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
• Twin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Twin is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin

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

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

• Columbia, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Cottage to Columbia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 898 miles [1,445.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,500 miles [12,070.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,377 miles [8,653.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'