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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 Yellow Bayou, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellow Bayou 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 Yellow Bayou:
    • 33.408171, -91.254002
    • 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 Yellow Bayou
  • 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 Chicot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chicot County
    • Since Yellow Bayou is near Washington County and also Desha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Desha 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 Yellow Bayou

Communities Also Named Yellow Bayou ...

We found one communities that are also named Yellow Bayou.

Within Arkansas, the name Yellow Bayou is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Yellow Bayou in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Avoyelles Parish
      • This Yellow Bayou is located in Avoyelles Parish and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Yellow Bayou that is located in Chicot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avoyelles Parish community of Yellow Bayou.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellow Bayou ...

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.

  • Deep Elm
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Elm is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Elm
  • Dewey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dewey is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Jennie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jennie is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennie
  • Lake Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Luna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Luna is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Maxey ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maxey is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey
  • Point Comfort
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Point Comfort is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
  • Red Leaf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Red Leaf is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Leaf
  • Refuge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Refuge is located in Washington County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
  • Sunnyside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Chicot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

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

  • Lake Village, which is the Seat of Chicot County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Yellow Bayou 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 877 miles [1,411.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,334 miles [8,584.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yellow Bayou) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Yellow Bayou 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 Yellow Bayou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4082, Longitude: -91.2540       In this case, the coordinates for Yellow Bayou have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.411 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.442 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.155 degrees.