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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 Cane Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cane Island 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 Cane Island:
- 35.845908, -90.428437
- 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 Cane Island
- 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 Craighead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Since Cane Island is near Mississippi County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Cane Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cane Island ...
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.
- Black Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Burnt Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Hill is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hill
- Cottonwood Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Corner is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Corner
- Deep Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deep Landing is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Landing
- Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dixie is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Lake City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Macey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macey is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Poplar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
How Far From Cane Island 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 Cane Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Cane Island once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cane Island and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 128 miles [206 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cane Island to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Cane Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Cane Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cane Island 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 Cane Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8459, Longitude: -90.4284 In this case, the coordinates for Cane Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.077 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.382 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.35 degrees. |
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