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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 Booster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booster 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 Booster:
- 35.749522, -92.660164
- 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 Booster
- 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Since Booster is near Van Buren County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Booster
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booster ...
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.
- Chimes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chimes is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimes
- Crabtree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Leslie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magic Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Magic Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic Springs
- Marshall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Noahs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noahs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noahs
- Plant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plant is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Rocky Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Welcome Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Welcome Home is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Home
- Williams Gulf ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Williams Gulf is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Gulf
- Zion Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Booster 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 Booster to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Booster and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Booster to Marshall, with an average speed<3> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 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 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,285 miles [8,505.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Booster) 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 Booster 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 Booster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7495, Longitude: -92.6602 In this case, the coordinates for Booster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.036 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.369 degrees. |
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