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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 Capps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capps 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 Capps:
    • 36.235627, -93.189345
    • 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 Capps
  • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Capps is near Carroll County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Capps

Communities Also Named Capps ...

We found five communities that are also named Capps.

Within Arkansas, the name Capps is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry County
      • This Capps is located in Henry County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Capps that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Capps.
    • Florida
      • Jefferson County
      • This Capps is located in Jefferson County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Capps that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Capps.
    • Missouri
      • Miller County
      • This Capps is located in Miller County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Capps that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Capps.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson 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 North Carolina community of Capps [Henderson County].
    • Texas
      • Moore 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 Capps [Moore County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Capps ...

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.

  • Dogpatch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Dogpatch is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogpatch
  • Francis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Francis is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Grubb Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grubb Springs is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
  • Hill Top
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill Top is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
  • Hopewell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Lick Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lick Branch is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Branch
  • Little Arkansaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Arkansaw is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Arkansaw
  • Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Prosperity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Prosperity is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Red Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bank is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Shaver ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shaver is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver

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

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

  • Harrison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the East.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Capps to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Capps) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Capps 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 Capps 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 Capps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2356, Longitude: -93.1893       In this case, the coordinates for Capps have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.90 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.548 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.525 degrees.