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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 Burdette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burdette 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 Burdette:
- 35.817682, -89.939332
- 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 Burdette
- 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Since Burdette is near Lauderdale County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot 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 Burdette
Communities Also Named Burdette ...
We found eight communities that are also named Burdette.
Within Arkansas, the name Burdette is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Franklin County
- This Burdette is located in Franklin County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Burdette.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Burdette is located in Montgomery County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Burdette.
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- This Burdette is located in Washington County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Burdette.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Burdette is located in Greene County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Burdette.
- South Dakota
- Hand County
- This Burdette is located in Hand County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hand County community of Burdette.
- Texas
- Caldwell 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 Texas community of Burdette [Caldwell County].
- Virginia
- Southampton County
- This Burdette is located in Southampton County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the east of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Burdette.
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Burdette is located in Greenbrier County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burdette that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Burdette.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burdette ...
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.
- Clear Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Daniels Point Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Dearman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dearman is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearman
- Dell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Golddust
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Half Moon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Half Moon is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Hightower
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hightower is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
- Promised Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Tuckertown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tuckertown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
How Far From Burdette 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 town such as Burdette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burdette and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Burdette to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Burdette) 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 Burdette 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> | 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 Burdette 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 Burdette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8177, Longitude: -89.9393 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.763 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.139 degrees. |
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