Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cairo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cairo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cairo
- 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 Cairo:
- 33.220130, -92.869884
- 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 Cairo
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Cairo is near Columbia County and also Ouachita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Ouachita 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 Cairo ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Cairo.
Within Arkansas, the name Cairo is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Cairo, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Bay County
- This Cairo is located in Bay County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Cairo.
- Hillsborough County
- This Cairo is located in Hillsborough County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east southeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cairo.
- Georgia
- Grady County
- This Cairo is located in Grady County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Cairo.
- Thomas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cairo [Thomas County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Clay County
- This Cairo is located in Clay County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cairo.
- Pontotoc County
- This Cairo is located in Pontotoc County and lies 233 miles [375 km] to the east northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Cairo.
- Prentiss County
- This Cairo is located in Prentiss County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the east northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Cairo.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Cairo is located in Allen County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Cairo.
- Stark County
- This Cairo is located in Stark County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Cairo.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- This Cairo is located in Crockett County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Cairo.
- Sumner County
- This Cairo is located in Sumner County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the east northeast of the Cairo that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Cairo.
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Communities Beyond North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cairo ...
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.
- Damascus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - El Dorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
- El Dorado is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <5>
- Griffin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Lisbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Marysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Union County
- Mount Holly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Holly is located in Union County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Holly <5>
- Spotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Three Creeks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Creeks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creeks
- Three Creeks is located in Union County
- Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Village Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Junction
- Village Junction is located in Columbia County
How Far From Cairo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cairo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cairo and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cairo to El Dorado, with an average speed<6> 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 110 miles [177 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 965 miles [1,553 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,536 miles [12,128 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cairo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Union County: www.co.union.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cairo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cairo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2201, Longitude: -92.8699 In this case, the coordinates for Cairo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Cairo 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cairo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Cairo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.421 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.594 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.875 degrees. |