Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tamburo:
  • 33.473727, -90.923713
  • 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 Tamburo

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamburo ...

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.

• Cold Springs ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cold Springs is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Elizabeth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabeth is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
• Forkland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forkland is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
• Heads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Heads is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads
• Helm
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Helm is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
• Hollyknowe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollyknowe is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyknowe
• Hunt
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hunt is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
• Long
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Long is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
• Magenta
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Magenta is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
• Priscilla
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Priscilla is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priscilla
• Stringtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stringtown is located in Bolivar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Winterville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Winterville is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Tamburo once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tamburo and extending to:

• Greenville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Tamburo 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 858 miles [1,380.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'