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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 Caglesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caglesville 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 Caglesville:
- 35.393487, -92.962619
- 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 Caglesville
- 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since Caglesville is near Conway County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway 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 Caglesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caglesville ...
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.
- Boiling Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Boiling Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Buttermilk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Buttermilk is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk
- Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Economy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mars Hill is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Welcome
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Welcome is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Caglesville 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 Caglesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caglesville and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caglesville to Russellville, 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Caglesville) 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 Caglesville 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 Caglesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3935, Longitude: -92.9626 In this case, the coordinates for Caglesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.185 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.567 degrees. |
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