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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 Chilson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chilson 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 Chilson:
- 35.712577, -91.001510
- 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 Chilson
- 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 Chilson is near Poinsett County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Chilson
Communities Also Named Chilson ...
We found three communities that are also named Chilson.
Within Arkansas, the name Chilson is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Livingston County
- This Chilson is located in Livingston County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chilson that is located in Craighead County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Chilson.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Chilson is located in Essex County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chilson that is located in Craighead County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Chilson.
- South Dakota
- Fall River County
- 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 South Dakota community of Chilson [Fall River County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chilson ...
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.
- Airport Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Cash
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Credit ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Credit is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit
- Egypt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Grubbs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Murphys Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Murphys Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Three Way
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Three Way is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Tuckerman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Uno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Uno is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
- Weiner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weiner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
How Far From Chilson 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 Chilson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chilson and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chilson to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 796 miles [1,281 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chilson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chilson 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> | 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 Chilson 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 Chilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7126, Longitude: -91.0015 In this case, the coordinates for Chilson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.436 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.631 degrees. |
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