Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cain and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cain
- 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 Cain:
- 35.599807, -94.177706
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cain
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Cain is near Franklin County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cain ...
We found two communities that share the name Cain.
Within Arkansas, the name Cain is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Cain in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Cain, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Guatemala
- Distance: 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<2> to the south southeast
- Guatemala
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cain ...
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.
- Artist Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artist Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artist Point
- Artist Point is located in Crawford County
- Ball
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Dean Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Springs
- Dean Springs is located in Crawford County
- Deans Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Market have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Market
- Deans Market is located in Crawford County
- Dyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Dyer is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <4>
- Graphic ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Hobbtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Locke is located in Crawford County
- Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Mulberry is located in Crawford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mulberry <4>
How Far From Cain 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 Cain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cain and extending to:
- Van Buren, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cain to Van Buren, with an average speed<5> 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 967 miles [1,556.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,474 miles [12,028.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Crawford County: www.crawford-county.org/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cain 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> | 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- Cain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5998, Longitude: -94.1777 In this case, the coordinates for Cain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cain to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.502 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.164 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.087 degrees. |