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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 Anderson Tully, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anderson Tully 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 Anderson Tully:
- 35.485360, -90.601775
- 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 Anderson Tully
- 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 Poinsett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- Since Anderson Tully is near Cross County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Anderson Tully
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anderson Tully ...
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.
- Arthur ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Birdeye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birdeye is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdeye
- Boat Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boat Run is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Run
- Cassidy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cassidy is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Coldwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Fortune
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fortune is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
- Harrisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Joyland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Joyland is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyland
- Judd Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Judd Hill is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd Hill
- Twist
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Twist Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twist Ferry is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist Ferry
- Walnut Grove Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Corner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Corner
- Yellow Banks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yellow Banks is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
How Far From Anderson Tully 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 Anderson Tully to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Anderson Tully and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Anderson Tully to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>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 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,335 miles [11,804.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,211 miles [8,386.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Anderson Tully) 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 Anderson Tully 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 Anderson Tully. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4854, Longitude: -90.6018 In this case, the coordinates for Anderson Tully have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.434 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.498 degrees. |
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