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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 Childress, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Childress 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 Childress:
    • 35.961738, -90.342323
    • 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 Childress
  • 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 Childress is near Dunklin County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Childress

Communities Also Named Childress ...

We found five communities that are also named Childress.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Childress.

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

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Prairie 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 Arkansas community of Childress [Prairie County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Childress is located in Sullivan County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<2> to the east of the Childress that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Childress.
    • Texas
      • Childress County
      • This Childress is located in Childress County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the west of the Childress that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Childress County community of Childress.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Childress is located in Goochland County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Childress that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Childress.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Childress is located in Montgomery County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km] to the east of the Childress that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Childress.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Childress ...

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.

  • Bard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bard is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
  • Black Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Black Oak is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Brown ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Clearwater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clearwater is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
  • Cockrum
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cockrum is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
  • Dixie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Happy Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Happy Corners is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corners
  • Lake View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake View is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Leachville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lester is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • Macey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Macey is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
  • Maysville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Maysville is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Red Onion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Red Onion is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
  • Twin Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks

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

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

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Childress 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Childress 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Childress) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Childress 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 Childress. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9617, Longitude: -90.3423       In this case, the coordinates for Childress have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.029 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.343 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.289 degrees.