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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 Boughton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boughton 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 Boughton:
- 33.850170, -93.325448
- 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 Boughton
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Boughton is near Clark County and also Hempstead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead 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 Boughton
Communities Also Named Boughton ...
We found two communities that are also named Boughton.
Within Arkansas, the name Boughton is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Richland Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Boughton [Richland Parish].
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boughton [Venango County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boughton ...
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.
- Drab ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Drab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drab
- Emmet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Gum Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Grove is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Haretown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Haretown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haretown
- Iron Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iron Springs is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Lackland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lackland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackland
- Love Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Love Creek is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Creek
- Meeks Settlement
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Meeks Settlement is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Settlement
- Native ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Native is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Native
- Pike Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pike Junction is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
- Piney Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Boughton 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 Boughton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boughton and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Boughton to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,525 miles [12,110.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,402 miles [8,693.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Boughton 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boughton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Boughton 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 Boughton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8502, Longitude: -93.3254 In this case, the coordinates for Boughton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.778 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.093 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.978 degrees. |
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