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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 Barcelona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barcelona 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 Barcelona:
- 35.620502, -94.453388
- 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 Barcelona
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Barcelona is near Sequoyah County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Barcelona
Communities Also Named Barcelona ...
We found four communities that are also named Barcelona.
Within Arkansas, the name Barcelona is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Tensas Parish
- This Barcelona is located in Tensas Parish and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Barcelona that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Barcelona.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Barcelona [Nye County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Barcelona is located in Chautauqua County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Barcelona that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Barcelona.
- Ohio
- Richland County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Richland County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Barcelona.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barcelona ...
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.
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Copic Slab
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Copic Slab is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copic Slab
- Dripping Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dripping Springs is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Lee Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Natural Dam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reeder Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Reeder Ford is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder Ford
- Short
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Uniontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Barcelona 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 Barcelona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barcelona and extending to:
- Van Buren, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barcelona to Van Buren, 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,484 miles [12,044.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,365 miles [8,634.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Barcelona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Barcelona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Barcelona 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 Barcelona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6205, Longitude: -94.4534 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.382 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.21 degrees. |
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