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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cherokee Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherokee Village 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 Cherokee Village:
    • 36.307828, -91.547277
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cherokee Village
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cherokee Village ...

We found five communities that share the name Cherokee Village.

There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Cherokee Village.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Fulton County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cherokee Village.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • This Cherokee Village is located in Crenshaw County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cherokee Village that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Cherokee Village.
    • Georgia
      • Liberty County
      • This Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherokee Village that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Cherokee Village.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cherokee Village [Rapides Parish].
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cherokee Village that is located in Sharp County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cherokee Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherokee 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.

  • Ash Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Draft ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Draft have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draft
    • Draft is located in Sharp County
  • French
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
    • French is located in Fulton County
  • Hardy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Hardy is located in Sharp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardy <3>
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Sharp County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • King
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • King is located in Fulton County
  • King's Mills ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Mills
    • King's Mills is located in Sharp County
  • Many Islands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Many Islands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many Islands
    • Many Islands is located in Fulton County
  • Saddle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
    • Saddle is located in Fulton County
  • Sellers Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sellers Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers Store
    • Sellers Store is located in Sharp County

How Far From Cherokee Village 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 city such as Cherokee Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ash Flat, which is the Seat of Sharp County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cherokee Village to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>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 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,335 miles [11,804.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Cherokee Village: www.cherokeevillage.org/

The official website for Sharp County: www.sharpcounty.org

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Cherokee Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherokee Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3078, Longitude: -91.5473    
<2>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 Village 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.83 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.316 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.761 degrees.









 

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