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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 Bogota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bogota 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 Bogota:
    • 33.681775, -91.343729
    • 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 Bogota
  • 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 Desha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Desha County
    • Since Bogota is near Drew County and also Chicot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Drew County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chicot 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 Bogota

Communities Also Named Bogota ...

We found three communities that are also named Bogota.

Within Arkansas, the name Bogota is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Bogota is located in Jasper County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bogota that is located in Desha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Bogota.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bogota [Bergen County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dyer County
      • This Bogota is located in Dyer County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bogota that is located in Desha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dyer County community of Bogota.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bogota ...

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.

  • Catfish Point Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Catfish Point Landing is located in Bolivar County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Point Landing
  • Constance ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Constance is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constance
  • Decker ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Decker is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
  • Deep Elm
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Deep Elm is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Elm
  • Home Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Home Landing is located in Bolivar County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Landing
  • Littles ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Littles is located in Desha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles
  • Mound Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Mound Landing is located in Bolivar County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Landing
  • Pickens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickens is located in Desha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
  • Reed
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Reed is located in Desha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people

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

  • Arkansas City, which is the Seat of Desha County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bogota to Arkansas City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,450 miles [11,989.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bogota) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bogota could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Bogota, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bogota 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 Bogota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6818, Longitude: -91.3437       In this case, the coordinates for Bogota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.492 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.574 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.147 degrees.