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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bauxippi:
    • 35.138702, -90.134538
    • 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 Bauxippi
  • 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Since Bauxippi is near Shelby County and also Cross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross 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 Bauxippi

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bauxippi ...

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.

  • Greenlaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Greenlaw is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlaw
  • Harvard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harvard is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Hunt Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
  • Mallory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mallory is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
  • Mound City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mound City is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Mounds
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mounds is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
  • Redman Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Redman Point is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Point
  • Riceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Riceville is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Rosemary Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rosemary Lane is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Lane
  • Shadowlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shadowlawn is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowlawn
  • Stonewall Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stonewall Place is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Place
  • Sunset
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunset is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people

How Far From Bauxippi 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 Bauxippi 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<2> community of Bauxippi once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bauxippi and extending to:

  • Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bauxippi to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bauxippi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bauxippi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bauxippi to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bauxippi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1387, Longitude: -90.1345       In this case, the coordinates for Bauxippi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.842 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.015 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.36 degrees.