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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 Asher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Asher 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 Asher:
- 35.942579, -93.850472
- 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 Asher
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Asher is near Washington County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Asher
Communities Also Named Asher ...
We found five communities that are also named Asher.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Asher.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Pulaski County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Asher [Pulaski County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yuma County
- This Asher is located in Yuma County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<2> to the west of the Asher that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Asher.
- Kentucky
- Leslie County
- This Asher is located in Leslie County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the east of the Asher that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Asher.
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Asher [Rapides Parish].
- Oklahoma
- Pottawatomie County
- This Asher is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Asher that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Asher.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Asher ...
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.
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Cannon Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Creek
- Combs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Crosses
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crosses is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hazel Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Valley
- Jordan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Patrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Patrick is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Porters Store ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Porters Store is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Store
How Far From Asher 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 Asher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Asher and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Asher to Huntsville, with an average speed<4> 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 942 miles [1,516 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,445 miles [11,981.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,325 miles [8,569.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Asher 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. |
| <2> | 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- Asher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Asher 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 Asher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9426, Longitude: -93.8505 In this case, the coordinates for Asher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.99 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.88 degrees. |
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