Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Buroak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buroak and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Buroak

• 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 Buroak:
  • 35.934520, -92.766555
  • 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 Buroak

• 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 Buroak is near Newton County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Buroak

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buroak ...

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.

• Dry Creek ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Dry Creek is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
• Gilbert
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilbert is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <1>
• Hall ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hall is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
• Marshall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Marshall is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
• Martin Box
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Martin Box is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Box
• Push
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Push is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Push
• Roughedge Ford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Roughedge Ford is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roughedge Ford
• Silver Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Hill is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
• Slicker ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Slicker is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slicker
• Snowball
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Snowball is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
• Zack
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Zack is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zack

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buroak and extending to:

• Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Buroak to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 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 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,402 miles [11,912.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'