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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 Cammack Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cammack Village 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 Cammack Village:
- 34.780835, -92.345031
- 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 Cammack Village
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Cammack Village is near Faulkner County and also Saline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline 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 Cammack Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cammack Village ...
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.
- Amboy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amboy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Crystal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Gum Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hills is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hot Springs Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Springs Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Junction
- Little Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marche
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marche
- Meadowcliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Melanie Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Overlook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Overlook Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Park
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Park Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pebble Beach Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pebble Beach Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach Park
- Pecan Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
- Pleasant Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Forest is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Forest
- Pleasant Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rainwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rainwood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainwood
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Tanglewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timber Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Turtle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turtle Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
How Far From Cammack Village 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 city such as Cammack Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cammack Village and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cammack Village to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cammack Village) 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 Cammack Village 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 Cammack Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7808, Longitude: -92.3450 In this case, the coordinates for Cammack Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.23 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.577 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.396 degrees. |
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