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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 Brice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brice 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 Brice:
    • 35.084259, -90.283152
    • 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 Brice
  • 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
    • Since Brice is near Cross County and also Saint Francis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Francis 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 Brice

Communities Also Named Brice ...

We found ten communities that are also named Brice.

Within Arkansas, the name Brice is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Brice is located in Etowah County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Brice.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Brice is located in Floyd County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Brice.
    • Indiana
      • Jay County
      • This Brice is located in Jay County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jay County community of Brice.
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Brice [Bienville Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Brice is located in Charles County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Brice.
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This Brice is located in Gratiot County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Brice.
    • New Mexico
      • Otero County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Otero County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Brice.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • This Brice is located in Rutherford County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Brice.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Brice is located in Franklin County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brice.
    • Texas
      • Hall County
      • This Brice is located in Hall County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west of the Brice that is located in Crittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Brice.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brice ...

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.

  • Blue Goose ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Goose is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
  • Darwin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Darwin is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
  • Democrat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Democrat is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
  • Greasy Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Greasy Corner is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Corner
  • Kate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kate is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kate
  • Lake View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake View is located in DeSoto County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Louise
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Louise is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
  • Mallory Spur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mallory Spur is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Spur
  • Marion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
  • Mounds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mounds is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
  • New Shady Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • New Shady Grove is located in Saint Francis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Shady Grove
  • Riceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Riceville is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Sunset
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Topaz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Topaz is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz

How Far From Brice to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brice to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brice and extending to:

  • Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brice to Marion, with an average speed<5> 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Brice) 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 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 Brice 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 Brice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Brice 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 Brice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0843, Longitude: -90.2832       In this case, the coordinates for Brice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.933 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.112 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.436 degrees.