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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 Pitts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pitts 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 Pitts:
    • 35.674523, -91.031511
    • 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 Pitts
  • 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 Poinsett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
    • Since Pitts is near Jackson County and also Craighead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead 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 Pitts

Communities Also Named Pitts ...

We found ten communities that are also named Pitts.

Within Arkansas, the name Pitts is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dodge County
      • This Pitts is located in Dodge County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Pitts.
      • Jones County
      • This Pitts is located in Jones County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east southeast of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pitts.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Pitts is located in Wilcox County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the east southeast of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Pitts.
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Pitts is located in Estill County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Pitts.
    • Mississippi
      • Pike County
      • This Pitts is located in Pike County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the south of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Pitts.
    • Missouri
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Warren County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pitts.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pitts [Lorain County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Pitts is located in Tioga County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Pitts.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pitts [Montgomery County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pitts is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pitts that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pitts.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pitts ...

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.

  • Airport Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Airport Village is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
  • Cash
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cash is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
  • Credit ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Credit is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit
  • Fisher
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fisher is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Grubbs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grubbs is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Johnstown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnstown is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Murphys Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphys Corner is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
  • Tuckerman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Uno
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Uno is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
  • Weiner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Weiner is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people

How Far From Pitts to ...

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

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

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pitts to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 799 miles [1,285.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pitts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Pitts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pitts 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pitts 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 Pitts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6745, Longitude: -91.0315       In this case, the coordinates for Pitts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.452 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.794 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.651 degrees.