Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tamola:
  • 32.586803, -88.476981
  • 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 Tamola

• 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 Kemper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kemper County
  • Since Tamola is near Lauderdale County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Tamola

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamola ...

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.

• Cuba
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
• Daleville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
• Dove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dove is located in Sumter County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
• Electric Mills
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
• Kipling
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kipling is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
• Oak Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Porterville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Porterville is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
• Rocky Mount ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocky Mount is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
• Yanceys Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Yanceys Ferry is located in Kemper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yanceys Ferry

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

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

• De Kalb, which is the Seat of Kemper County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tamola to De Kalb, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 774 miles [1,245.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,252 miles [8,452.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'