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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 Birdtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birdtown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Birdtown:
    • 35.306192, -92.607661
    • 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 Birdtown
  • 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 Conway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conway County
    • Since Birdtown is near Faulkner County and also Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Birdtown

Communities Also Named Birdtown ...

We found three communities that are also named Birdtown.

Within Arkansas, the name Birdtown is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Ozark 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 Missouri community of Birdtown [Ozark County].
    • North Carolina
      • Swain County
      • This Birdtown is located in Swain County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the east of the Birdtown that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swain County community of Birdtown.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Birdtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<2> to the east of the Birdtown that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Birdtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birdtown ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arthur is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Catholic Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Catholic Point is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Point
  • Cedar Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Cypress Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cypress Valley is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Valley
  • Hill Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hill Creek is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Creek
  • Holly Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Lick Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lick Mountain is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Mountain
  • Lone Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lone Grove is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Sunnyside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Birdtown 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 Birdtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Birdtown and extending to:

  • Morrilton, which is the Seat of Conway County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Birdtown to Morrilton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,695 miles [10,774.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,426 miles [11,951 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Birdtown 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- Birdtown) 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 Birdtown 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 Birdtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3062, Longitude: -92.6077       In this case, the coordinates for Birdtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.444 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.896 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.423 degrees.