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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 Cherokee City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherokee City 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 Cherokee City:
- 36.296489, -94.578242
- 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 Cherokee City
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Cherokee City is near Delaware County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Cherokee City
Communities Also Named Cherokee City ...
We found one communities that are also named Cherokee City.
Within Arkansas, the name Cherokee City is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Cherokee City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cherokee City [Cherokee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherokee City ...
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.
- Cave ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cave is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Dawn Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dawn Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Hill
- Eldorado Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Springs
- Falling Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Falling Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
- Flint ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Jaybird ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jaybird is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Lone Elm ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Elm is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rome City is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Row is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Row
- Springtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Springtown is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Twin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Twin Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
How Far From Cherokee City 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 Cherokee City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cherokee City and extending to:
- Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cherokee City to Bentonville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 974 miles [1,567.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cherokee City 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cherokee City) 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 Cherokee City 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 Cherokee City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2965, Longitude: -94.5782 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.829 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.635 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.159 degrees. |
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