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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 Brewer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brewer 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 Brewer:
    • 35.670077, -92.179597
    • 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 Brewer
  • 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Since Brewer is near Van Buren County and also Stone 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 Stone 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 Brewer

Communities Also Named Brewer ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Brewer.

Within Arkansas, the name Brewer is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Effingham 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 Georgia community of Brewer [Effingham County].
      • Long 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 Georgia community of Brewer [Long County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion 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 Illinois community of Brewer [Vermilion County].
    • Kansas
      • Ottawa County
      • This Brewer is located in Ottawa County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<3> to the northwest of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Brewer.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Brewer is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Brewer.
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw 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 Michigan community of Brewer [Saginaw County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Brewer [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Clarke County
      • This Brewer is located in Clarke County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<3> to the southeast of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Brewer.
      • Lee County
      • This Brewer is located in Lee County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the east southeast of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Brewer.
      • Perry County
      • This Brewer is located in Perry County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the south southeast of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Brewer.
    • Missouri
      • Perry County
      • This Brewer is located in Perry County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Brewer.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater County
      • This Brewer is located in Broadwater County and lies 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Brewer.
    • Nebraska
      • Keya Paha County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Keya Paha County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keya Paha County community of Brewer.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield 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 Ohio community of Brewer [Fairfield County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Brewer is located in Pittsburg County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Brewer.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Brewer lies 1,179 miles [1,897.4 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Brewer that is located in Cleburne County.
    • Texas
      • Freestone 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 Texas community of Brewer [Freestone County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brewer ...

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.

  • Everett ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Everett is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Kinderhook ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Kinderhook is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
  • Lone Pine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lone Pine is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Poe ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Poe is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Post Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Post Oak is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Rushing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rushing is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
  • Settlement ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Settlement is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
  • Sunny Slope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunny Slope is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
  • Turkey Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Turkey Creek is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek

How Far From Brewer to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brewer to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Heber Springs, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brewer to Heber Springs, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Brewer 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>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 Brewer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Brewer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Brewer 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 Brewer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6701, Longitude: -92.1796       In this case, the coordinates for Brewer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.195 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.654 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.166 degrees.