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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 Chickalah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chickalah 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 Chickalah:
- 35.164336, -93.278690
- 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 Chickalah
- 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Since Chickalah is near Logan County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Chickalah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chickalah ...
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.
- Alpha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Mickles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mickles is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickles
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Ranger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ranger is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Rocky Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Crossing is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Chickalah 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 Chickalah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chickalah and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Chickalah to Little Rock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 930 miles [1,496.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chickalah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Chickalah 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 Chickalah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1643, Longitude: -93.2787 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.871 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.373 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.749 degrees. |
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