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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 Boydell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boydell 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 Boydell:
- 33.365672, -91.491232
- 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 Boydell
- 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 Ashley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashley County
- Since Boydell 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 Boydell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boydell ...
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.
- Decker ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Decker is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Deep Elm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Elm is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Elm
- Hedges Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hedges Ferry is located in Ashley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges Ferry
- Jerome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Drew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lloyd is located in Ashley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Maxey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maxey is located in Chicot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ashley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Post Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Post Oak is located in Ashley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
How Far From Boydell 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 Boydell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Boydell and extending to:
- Hamburg, which is the Seat of Ashley County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boydell to Hamburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,347 miles [8,605.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Boydell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Boydell 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 Boydell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3657, Longitude: -91.4912 In this case, the coordinates for Boydell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.557 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.606 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.263 degrees. |
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