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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 Bayou Macon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayou Macon and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bayou Macon:
- 33.318173, -91.324004
- 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 Bayou Macon
- 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 Chicot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chicot County
- Since Bayou Macon is near Ashley County and also Drew County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Drew 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 Bayou Macon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayou Macon ...
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.
- Boeuf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boeuf is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boeuf
- Eminence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eminence is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Hickory Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Jennie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jennie is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
- Lake Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Luna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Luna is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Mason ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Maxey ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Maxey is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Red Leaf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Leaf is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Leaf
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Yellow Bayou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Bayou is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bayou
How Far From Bayou Macon to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bayou Macon 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 Bayou Macon once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bayou Macon and extending to:
- Lake Village, which is the Seat of Chicot County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bayou Macon 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 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,342 miles [8,597.1 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 Bayou Macon, 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 from Point A (ie- Bayou Macon) 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 Bayou Macon 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 Bayou Macon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3182, Longitude: -91.3240 In this case, the coordinates for Bayou Macon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.447 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.472 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.20 degrees. |
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