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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 Peach Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard:
    • 36.281336, -90.661114
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Peach Orchard
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Peach Orchard ...

We found seven communities that share the name Peach Orchard.

Within Arkansas, the name Peach Orchard is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Alachua County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Georgia
      • Richmond 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 Georgia community of Peach Orchard [Richmond County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Peach Orchard.
      • Talbot County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Talbot County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Peach Orchard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach Orchard ...

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.

  • Biggers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
    • Biggers is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
  • Biggers Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biggers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers Ferry
    • Biggers Ferry is located in Randolph County
  • Black Jack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Jack have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
    • Black Jack is located in Greene County
  • Cache Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cache Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
    • Cache Lake is located in Clay County
  • Case
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Case have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
    • Case is located in Greene County
  • Corning
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
    • Corning is located in Clay County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <4>
  • Evening Star
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evening Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Star
    • Evening Star is located in Greene County
  • Heelstring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heelstring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heelstring
    • Heelstring is located in Clay County
  • Hooker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Hooker is located in Greene County
  • Stonewall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
    • Stonewall is located in Greene County
  • Twin Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in Clay County
  • Walnut Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Clay County

How Far From Peach Orchard 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 city such as Peach Orchard to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Peach Orchard to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,300 miles [11,748.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peach Orchard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Peach Orchard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peach Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2813, Longitude: -90.6611       In this case, the coordinates for Peach Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Peach Orchard 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Peach Orchard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.254 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.646 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.367 degrees.









 

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