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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 Boothspoint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boothspoint 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 Boothspoint:
    • 36.111773, -89.607577
    • 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 Boothspoint
  • 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 Dyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer County
    • Since Boothspoint is near Pemiscot County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Boothspoint

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boothspoint ...

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.

  • Big Boy Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Boy Junction is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Boy Junction
  • Blazer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Blazer is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
  • Calvary
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Calvary is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
  • Cottonwood Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottonwood Grove is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Grove
  • Cottonwood Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
  • Hall ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hall is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Heloise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Heloise is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heloise
  • Indian Mound
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Mound is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound
  • Kennedy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Michell ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Michell is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michell
  • Middle City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Middle City is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
  • Mount Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mount Hope is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Owl Hoot
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Owl Hoot is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hoot
    • Richwoods
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shade is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
    • Stinger
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Stinger is located in Dyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinger

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

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

  • Dyersburg, which is the Seat of Dyer County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Boothspoint to Dyersburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 714 miles [1,149.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boothspoint) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Boothspoint 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 Boothspoint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1118, Longitude: -89.6076       In this case, the coordinates for Boothspoint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.569 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.831 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.932 degrees.