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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 Bluetip, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluetip 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 Bluetip:
- 35.754242, -91.917091
- 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 Bluetip
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Bluetip is near Independence County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Independence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 Bluetip
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluetip ...
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.
- Almond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Bothersome ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bothersome is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothersome
- Everett ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Everett is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Fivemile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Ida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Limedale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Limedale is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limedale
- Limeville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Limeville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeville
- Locust Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Phosphate ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phosphate is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phosphate
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Wolf Bayou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
How Far From Bluetip 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 Bluetip 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 Bluetip once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bluetip and extending to:
- Mountain View, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bluetip to Mountain View, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 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 Bluetip, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bluetip) 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 Bluetip 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 Bluetip. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7542, Longitude: -91.9171 In this case, the coordinates for Bluetip have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.475 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.032 degrees. |
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