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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 Stuart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuart 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 Stuart:
    • 36.263956, -91.518473
    • 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 Stuart
  • 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 Stuart ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Stuart.

Within Arkansas, the name Stuart is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Stuart is located in San Diego County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the west of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Stuart.
      • Santa Barbara 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 Stuart [Santa Barbara County].
    • Colorado
      • Kiowa County
      • This Stuart is located in Kiowa County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Stuart.
    • Florida
      • Martin County
      • This Stuart is located in Martin County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Stuart.
    • Iowa
      • Guthrie County
      • This Stuart is located in Guthrie County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Stuart.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Stuart [Smith County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • This Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Stuart.
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • This Stuart is located in Holt County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Stuart.
    • Oklahoma
      • Hughes County
      • This Stuart is located in Hughes County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Stuart.
    • Ontario
      • This Stuart lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Stuart is located in Davis County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Stuart.
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Stuart is located in Patrick County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Stuart.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Stuart is located in King County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stuart that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Stuart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuart ...

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.

  • Ash Flat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
    • Center is located in Sharp County
  • Cherokee Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Draft ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Draft have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draft
    • Draft is located in Sharp County
  • Hardy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Hardy is located in Sharp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardy <3>
  • Highland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Sharp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • King
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • King is located in Fulton County
  • King's Mills ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Mills
    • King's Mills is located in Sharp County
  • Many Islands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Many Islands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many Islands
    • Many Islands is located in Fulton County
  • Saddle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
    • Saddle is located in Fulton County
  • Sellers Store
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sellers Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers Store
    • Sellers Store is located in Sharp County

How Far From Stuart to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stuart to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ash Flat, which is the Seat of Sharp County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Stuart to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Sharp County: www.sharpcounty.org

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stuart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stuart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2640, Longitude: -91.5185       In this case, the coordinates for Stuart 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stuart 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Stuart 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 316.808 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.285 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.757 degrees.









 

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