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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 Arrowhead Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arrowhead Manor 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 Arrowhead Manor:
- 34.800091, -92.287651
- 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 Arrowhead Manor
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Arrowhead Manor is near Faulkner County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lonoke 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 Arrowhead Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arrowhead Manor ...
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.
- Amboy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Amboy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Crystal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Dixie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Fairman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairman is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
- Little Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Melanie Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Overlook Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Overlook Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Park
- Park Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pecan Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timber Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
How Far From Arrowhead Manor 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 Arrowhead Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arrowhead Manor and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Arrowhead Manor to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,437 miles [11,968.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 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 from Point A (ie- Arrowhead Manor) 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 Arrowhead Manor 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 Arrowhead Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8001, Longitude: -92.2877 In this case, the coordinates for Arrowhead Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.194 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.367 degrees. |
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