Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Thessing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thessing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Thessing
- 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 Thessing:
- 35.293147, -94.025760
- 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 Thessing
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Thessing is near Sebastian County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
- eBird sighting report for Logan 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thessing ...
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.
- Barber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Beverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Bloomer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
- Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Branch is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branch <2>
- Burnville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Cecil
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Diamond Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
- Diamond Grove is located in Sebastian County
- Donald ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fidelity ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Leon ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Meg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Milltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Ratcliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
- Ratcliff is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ratcliff <2>
How Far From Thessing 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 Thessing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Thessing once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Thessing and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<4> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Thessing to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,749 miles [10,861.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,363 miles [8,630.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Thessing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Thessing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thessing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2931, Longitude: -94.0258 In this case, the coordinates for Thessing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Thessing 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 318.374 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.975 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.066 degrees. |