Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tibbee:
  • 33.528453, -88.631436
  • 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 Tibbee

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Tibbee is near Lowndes County and also Oktibbeha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oktibbeha 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 Tibbee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tibbee ...

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.

• Blackjack
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackjack is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack
• Dicks Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dicks Ferry is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicks Ferry
• Hillbrook
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillbrook is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
• Hillcrest
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Holly Hills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Holly Hills is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
• Mayhew
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mayhew is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
• Patrick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Patrick is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
• Plymouth ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
• Prairie Hill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Hill is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill
• Rocky Ford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Ford is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
• Rocky Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
• Sleepy Hollow
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sleepy Hollow is located in Lowndes County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
• Tanglewood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Tanglewood is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

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

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

• West Point, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the North.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tibbee to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'