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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 Crockett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crockett and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Crockett:
    • 36.375894, -90.330659
    • 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 Crockett
  • 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 Crockett is near Greene County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Crockett

Communities Also Named Crockett ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Crockett.

Within Arkansas, the name Crockett is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Crockett is located in Contra Costa County and lies 1,748 miles [2,813.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Crockett.
    • Kentucky
      • Bell 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 Kentucky community of Crockett [Bell County].
      • Morgan County
      • This Crockett is located in Morgan County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Crockett.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Crockett [Winn Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Tate County
      • This Crockett is located in Tate County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tate County community of Crockett.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox 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 Nebraska community of Crockett [Knox County].
    • Oregon
      • Umatilla County
      • This Crockett is located in Umatilla County and lies 1,591 miles [2,560.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Crockett.
    • Tennessee
      • Obion County
      • This Crockett is located in Obion County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the east of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Crockett.
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • This Crockett is located in Houston County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Crockett.
    • Virginia
      • Wythe County
      • This Crockett is located in Wythe County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the east of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Crockett.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne County
      • This Crockett is located in Wayne County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crockett that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Crockett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crockett ...

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.

  • Cache Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cache Lake is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
  • Carryville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Carryville is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carryville
  • Dixie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Dixie is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Greenway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenway is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Holly Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Island is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Island
  • Hopewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hopewell is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jay is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
  • Knob
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Knob is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
  • Leonard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leonard is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mitchell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mitchell is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Crockett to ...

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

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

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Crockett to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crockett) 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 Crockett 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 Crockett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Crockett 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 Crockett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3759, Longitude: -90.3307       In this case, the coordinates for Crockett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.047 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.42 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.199 degrees.