Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bates
- 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 Bates:
- 34.908156, -94.386884
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bates
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Bates is near Le Flore County and also Sebastian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Le Flore County
- eBird sighting report for Sebastian 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bates ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Bates.
Within Arkansas, the name Bates is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- Michigan
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- This Bates is located in Chautauqua County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Bates that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Bates.
- Schoharie County
- This Bates is located in Schoharie County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km] to the east northeast of the Bates that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Bates.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Grant County
- This Bates is located in Grant County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bates that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Bates.
- Linn 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 Oregon community of Bates [Linn County].
- Umatilla County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bates [Umatilla County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bates ...
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.
- Apex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Coaldale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hiawatha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Loving
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Oliver
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Sensation ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Sugar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Creek is located in Le Flore County (OK)
- Trestle Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trestle Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Ford
- Trestle Ford is located in Le Flore County (OK)
How Far From Bates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bates and extending to:
- Waldron, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bates to Waldron, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the east (E). 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 995 miles [1,601.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,517 miles [12,097.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,396 miles [8,684 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bates 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9082, Longitude: -94.3869 In this case, the coordinates for Bates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Bates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Bates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.577 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.162 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.291 degrees. |