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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 Caney Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caney Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Caney Valley:
    • 34.262492, -93.539798
    • 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 Caney Valley
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Caney Valley is near Clark County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Caney Valley

Communities Also Named Caney Valley ...

We found one communities that are also named Caney Valley.

Within Arkansas, the name Caney Valley is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Caney Valley in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Caney Valley that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Caney Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Caney Valley ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Alpine is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Cooper ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cooper is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Elk ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Elk is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
  • Elm ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
  • Hickory Station ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
  • Hopper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopper is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
  • Kirby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Majors
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Majors is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
  • Nutts
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nutts is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutts
  • Pike City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rock Creek ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rock Creek is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Stanley ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stanley is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Welsh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Welsh is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh

How Far From Caney Valley 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 Caney Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caney Valley and extending to:

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caney Valley to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,514 miles [12,092.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,391 miles [8,676 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Caney Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Caney Valley 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 Caney Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2625, Longitude: -93.5398    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.958 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.357 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.01 degrees.