Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sunflower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunflower and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sunflower
- 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 Sunflower:
- 33.545318, -90.537327
- 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 Sunflower
- 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 Sunflower County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sunflower County
- Since Sunflower is near Leflore County and also Bolivar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Leflore County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sunflower ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Sunflower.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Sunflower.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Johnson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Sunflower.
- Mitchell County
- This community is historic and although located in Mitchell County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Sunflower.
- Wyandotte County
- This Sunflower is located in Wyandotte County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sunflower that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Sunflower.
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sunflower [Raleigh County].
- Roane County
- This Sunflower is located in Roane County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunflower that is located in Sunflower County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Sunflower.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunflower ...
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.
- Blaine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Cottondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottondale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Cottondale is located in Sunflower County
- Furry
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Heard Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heard Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heard Ferry
- Heard Ferry is located in Sunflower County
- McNutt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McNutt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to McNutt
- From Sunflower to McNutt
- Moorhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Moorhead
- From Sunflower to Moorhead
- Pollock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Quiver ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Roundaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Roundaway
- From Sunflower to Roundaway
How Far From Sunflower 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 town such as Sunflower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunflower and extending to:
- Indianola, which is the Seat of Sunflower County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunflower to Indianola, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,422 miles [11,944.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sunflower. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 from Point A (ie- Sunflower) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunflower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5453, Longitude: -90.5373 |
| <2> | 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 Sunflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sunflower 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. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Sunflower 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 315.972 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.951 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.828 degrees. |