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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • 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 Stovall:
    • 34.296773, -90.644825
    • 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 Stovall
  • 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 Coahoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma County
    • Since Stovall is near Phillips County and also Bolivar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bolivar 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 Stovall

Communities Also Named Stovall ...

We found five communities that are also named Stovall.

Within Mississippi, the name Stovall is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stovall [Habersham County].
      • Meriwether County
      • This Stovall is located in Meriwether County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Stovall that is located in Coahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Stovall.
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • This Stovall is located in Barren County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stovall that is located in Coahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Stovall.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Stovall is located in Granville County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stovall that is located in Coahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Stovall.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Stovall is located in Halifax County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stovall that is located in Coahoma County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Stovall.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stovall ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Beverly is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Clover Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Delta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Delta is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Friars Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Gerald ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gerald is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
  • King And Anderson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • King And Anderson is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King And Anderson
  • Long Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Lake is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Lyon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyon is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Robertsville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Robertsville is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
  • Sessions
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sessions is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sessions
  • Stokes ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stokes is located in Coahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stovall and extending to:

  • Clarksdale, which is the Seat of Coahoma County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Stovall to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,392 miles [11,896.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,267 miles [8,476.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stovall 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stovall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Stovall to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stovall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2968, Longitude: -90.6448       In this case, the coordinates for Stovall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.102 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.203 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.74 degrees.