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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 Bussey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bussey 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 Bussey:
    • 33.155687, -93.456285
    • 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 Bussey
  • 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Since Bussey is near Lafayette County and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
  • 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 Bussey

Communities Also Named Bussey ...

We found three communities that are also named Bussey.

Within Arkansas, the name Bussey is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Bussey is located in Lincoln County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the east of the Bussey that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bussey.
      • Meriwether 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 Georgia community of Bussey [Meriwether County].
    • Iowa
      • Marion County
      • This Bussey is located in Marion County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the north of the Bussey that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Bussey.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bussey ...

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.

  • Box Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Box Springs is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Springs
  • Experiment
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Experiment is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Experiment
  • Forest Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Friendship
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Harmony is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Hunt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hunt is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
  • Rocky Mound
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rocky Mound is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
  • Walnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Welcome
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Welcome is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome

How Far From Bussey 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 Bussey to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Magnolia, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bussey to Magnolia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 997 miles [1,604.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,440 miles [8,754.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bussey) 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 Bussey 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 Bussey 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 Bussey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1557, Longitude: -93.4563       In this case, the coordinates for Bussey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.791 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.017 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.138 degrees.