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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 Baxter, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baxter 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 Baxter:
    • 36.510893, -89.931756
    • 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 Baxter
  • 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 New Madrid County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
    • Since Baxter is near Dunklin County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Baxter

Communities Also Named Baxter ...

We found 28 communities that are also named Baxter.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Baxter.

Beyond Missouri, we know of 27 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Stone County
      • This Baxter is located in Stone County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the west of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Baxter.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lamar 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 Alabama community of Baxter [Lamar County].
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • This Baxter is located in Drew County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Baxter.
    • California
      • Mariposa 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 California community of Baxter [Mariposa County].
      • Placer County
      • This Baxter is located in Placer County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Baxter.
      • San Bernardino County
      • 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 California community of Baxter [San Bernardino County].
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • This Baxter is located in Pueblo County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Baxter.
    • Florida
      • Baker County
      • This Baxter is located in Baker County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Baxter.
    • Georgia
      • Union County
      • This Baxter is located in Union County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Baxter.
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • This Baxter is located in Jasper County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Baxter.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Baxter [Cherokee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Baxter is located in Harlan County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the east of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Baxter.
      • Jefferson 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 Baxter [Jefferson County].
    • Michigan
      • Wexford County
      • This Baxter is located in Wexford County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Baxter.
    • Minnesota
      • Crow Wing County
      • This Baxter is located in Crow Wing County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Baxter.
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • 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 Mississippi community of Baxter [Jasper County].
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This Baxter is located in Fergus County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Baxter.
    • Nebraska
      • Scotts Bluff County
      • This Baxter is located in Scotts Bluff County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Baxter.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Baxter is located in Henderson County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the east of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Baxter.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Baxter.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Baxter is located in Jefferson County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Baxter.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Baxter [Lexington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Baxter is located in Putnam County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the east of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Baxter.
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • This Baxter is located in Henderson County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Baxter.
    • West Virginia
      • Berkeley County
      • This Baxter is located in Berkeley County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Baxter.
      • Marion County
      • This Baxter is located in Marion County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km] to the east northeast of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Baxter.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dunn County
      • This Baxter is located in Dunn County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the north of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunn County community of Baxter.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Baxter is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Baxter that is located in New Madrid County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Baxter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baxter ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethany is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Brian
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brian is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian
  • Crumpecker ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crumpecker is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumpecker
  • Forest Spur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Forest Spur is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Spur
  • Lone Star
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lone Star is located in New Madrid County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Page
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Page is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
  • Peach Orchard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Pine City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine City is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Providence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Providence is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Spoonerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spoonerville is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonerville
  • Valley Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Ridge is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ridge

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

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

  • New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Baxter to New Madrid, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Baxter) 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 Baxter 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 Baxter, 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 Baxter 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 Baxter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5109, Longitude: -89.9318       In this case, the coordinates for Baxter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.799 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.151 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.992 degrees.