Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bayouville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayouville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bayouville

• 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 Bayouville:
  • 36.651170, -89.364240
  • 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 Bayouville

• 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 Bayouville is near Mississippi County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Bayouville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayouville ...

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.

• Airline Acres
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
• Cody ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cody is located in New Madrid County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
• Grays Camp
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Grays Camp is located in Lake County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Camp
• Howardville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Howardville is located in New Madrid County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
• Pinhook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
• Pulltight
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pulltight is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
• Thirtyfour Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
• Three States
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Three States is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three States
• Walnut Log
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Log is located in Obion County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Log
• Wolf Island
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bayouville and extending to:

• New Madrid, which is the Seat of New Madrid County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bayouville to New Madrid, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 203 miles [326.7 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 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'