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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 Pippin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pippin 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 Pippin:
- 36.493961, -94.023258
- 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 Pippin
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Pippin is near Barry County and also McDonald County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald 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 Pippin
Communities Also Named Pippin ...
We found one communities that are also named Pippin.
Within Arkansas, the name Pippin is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Pippin in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jones County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pippin [Jones County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pippin ...
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.
- Blackjack Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackjack Corner is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Corner
- Buttry ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buttry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttry
- Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Elkhorn Tavern
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn Tavern is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Tavern
- Hill Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Top is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Jacket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jacket is located in McDonald County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacket
- Leetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leetown is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
- Line Store ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Line Store is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Store
- Mayflower
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mayflower is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Pea Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Pippin 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 Pippin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Pippin once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Pippin and extending to:
- Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pippin to Bentonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 941 miles [1,514.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,687 miles [10,761.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,425 miles [11,949.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pippin 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pippin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pippin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pippin 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 Pippin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4940, Longitude: -94.0233 In this case, the coordinates for Pippin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.474 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.248 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.867 degrees. |
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