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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 Calhoun Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calhoun Junction 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 Calhoun Junction:
- 33.251240, -93.148222
- 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 Calhoun Junction
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Calhoun Junction is near Union County and also Ouachita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Calhoun Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calhoun Junction ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Free Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Free Hope is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hope
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Snipe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Snipe is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipe
- Spotville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spotville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotville
- Tide Water
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tide Water is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide Water
- Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Village Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Village Junction is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Junction
How Far From Calhoun Junction 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 Calhoun Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Calhoun Junction and extending to:
- Magnolia, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Calhoun Junction to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 978 miles [1,573.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,546 miles [12,144.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Calhoun Junction) 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 Calhoun Junction 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 Calhoun Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2512, Longitude: -93.1482 In this case, the coordinates for Calhoun Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.603 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.81 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.991 degrees. |
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