Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Volcan:
  • 32.262090, -89.195616
  • 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 Volcan

• 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
  • Since Volcan is near Jasper County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Volcan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Volcan ...

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.

• Cedar Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Ebenezer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Jewells Hill ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jewells Hill is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewells Hill
• Liberty
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Liberty is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Pilgrim Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pilgrim Grove is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Grove
• Poplar Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Poplar Springs is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
• Six Towns ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Six Towns is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
• Success ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Success is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
• Tallow ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Tallow is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow
• Tanglewood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tanglewood is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Volcan 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 Volcan 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 Volcan once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Volcan and extending to:

• Decatur, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Volcan to Decatur, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,422 miles [11,944.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'