Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stonewall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stonewall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stonewall
- 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 Stonewall:
- 34.859541, -89.762030
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stonewall
- 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 DeSoto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- Since Stonewall is near Marshall County and also Tate County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- eBird sighting report for Tate 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stonewall ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Stonewall.
There are three communities within Mississippi that are also named Stonewall.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Clarke County
- Harrison County
- Holmes County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Stonewall is located in Dallas County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Stonewall.
- Lee County
- This Stonewall is located in Lee County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the east southeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Stonewall.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- This Stonewall is located in Chaffee County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Stonewall.
- Las Animas County
- This Stonewall is located in Las Animas County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the west northwest of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Las Animas County community of Stonewall.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- This Stonewall is located in Cobb County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Stonewall.
- Fulton County
- This Stonewall is located in Fulton County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km] to the east southeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Stonewall.
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- This Stonewall is located in Bracken County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Stonewall.
- Scott County
- This Stonewall is located in Scott County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the northeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Stonewall.
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Stonewall lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Alleghany County
- This Stonewall is located in Alleghany County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Stonewall.
- Appomattox County
- This Stonewall is located in Appomattox County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east northeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appomattox County community of Stonewall.
- Augusta County
- This Stonewall is located in Augusta County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the east northeast of the Stonewall that is located in DeSoto County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Stonewall.
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stonewall [Rockingham County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stonewall [Kanawha County].
- Raleigh County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stonewall [Raleigh County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonewall ...
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.
- Bleak ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Cedarview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Coal Oil Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Oil Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Oil Corner
- Coal Oil Corner is located in Marshall County
- Cockrum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Fairhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Handy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy Corner
- Handy Corner is located in DeSoto County
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Tate County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <5>
- Irene ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Lewisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Maywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Mineral Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Wells
- Mineral Wells is located in DeSoto County
- Olive Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,646 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Branch <5>
- Rockhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Stonewall to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stonewall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stonewall and extending to:
- Hernando, which is the Seat of DeSoto County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Stonewall to Hernando, with an average speed<6> 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 178 miles [286.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,204 miles [8,375 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stonewall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for DeSoto County: www.desotoms.com/
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stonewall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stonewall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8595, Longitude: -89.7620 In this case, the coordinates for Stonewall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Stonewall could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stonewall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <7> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Stonewall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.587 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.682 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.254 degrees. |