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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 Birta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birta 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 Birta:
- 35.017479, -93.132673
- 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 Birta
- 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Since Birta is near Perry County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway 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 Birta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birta ...
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.
- Alpha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Divide ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Divide is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Homewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Homewood is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mickles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mickles is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickles
- Nimrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nimrod is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pontoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Prosperity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Rocky Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Crossing is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
- Rocky Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
How Far From Birta 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 Birta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Birta and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Birta to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 926 miles [1,490.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 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- Birta) 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 Birta 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 Birta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0175, Longitude: -93.1327 In this case, the coordinates for Birta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.762 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.707 degrees. |
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