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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 Alread, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alread 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 Alread:
- 35.632856, -92.679258
- 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 Alread
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Alread is near Searcy County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Alread
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alread ...
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.
- Booster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Booster is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booster
- Butter Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Butter Creek is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butter Creek
- Chimes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chimes is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimes
- Crabtree
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Liberty Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Springs is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Springs
- Lost Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Corner is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Corner
- Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Racket Ridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Racket Ridge is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket Ridge
- Rocky Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Scotland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Williams Gulf ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Gulf is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Gulf
- Zion Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Zion Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Alread 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 Alread to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alread and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Alread to Clinton, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alread) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Alread 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 Alread. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6329, Longitude: -92.6793 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.518 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.024 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.398 degrees. |
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