Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Carryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carryville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Carryville

• 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 Carryville:
  • 36.342285, -90.103984
  • 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 Carryville

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Carryville is near Dunklin County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Carryville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carryville ...

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.

• Bell City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Bell City is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
• Bragg City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
• Crockett
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Crockett is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
• Frisbee
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Frisbee is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbee
• Greenway
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenway is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
• Holly Island
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Island is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Island
• Leonard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leonard is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
• Mitchell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mitchell is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
• Mitchell Mill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell Mill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Mill
• Page
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Page is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
• Peach Orchard
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
• Pine City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Carryville and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Carryville to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 735 miles [1,182.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'