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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 Bark Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bark Camp 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 Bark Camp:
    • 36.252564, -90.088984
    • 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 Bark Camp
  • 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 Dunklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
    • Since Bark Camp is near Clay County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Bark Camp

Communities Also Named Bark Camp ...

We found two communities that are also named Bark Camp.

Within Missouri, the name Bark Camp is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Bark Camp.
    • Kentucky
      • Whitley 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 Bark Camp [Whitley County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bark Camp ...

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 northwest)
    • Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
  • Bowie Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowie Corner is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie Corner
  • Bragg City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Carryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Carryville is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carryville
  • Deco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Deco is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deco
  • Deer Land
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Land is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Land
  • Frisbee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Frisbee is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbee
  • Greenway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Holly Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Holly Island is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Island
  • Leonard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Leonard is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mitchell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mitchell is located in Clay County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mitchell Mill is located in Greene County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Mill
  • Pine City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine City is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Tinkerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville

How Far From Bark Camp 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 Bark Camp 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 community of Bark Camp once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bark Camp and extending to:

  • Kennett, which is the Seat of Dunklin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 197 miles [317 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bark Camp to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bark Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bark Camp 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>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- Bark Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bark Camp 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 Bark Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2526, Longitude: -90.0890       In this case, the coordinates for Bark Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.885 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.215 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.117 degrees.