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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 Cloar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloar 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 Cloar:
- 35.309809, -90.457880
- 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 Cloar
- 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- Since Cloar is near Cross County and also Poinsett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett 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 Cloar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloar ...
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.
- Coldwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Grassy Lake Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Lake Bottom is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Lake Bottom
- Love Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Love Place is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Place
- Poindexter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Three Forks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Three Forks is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Twist
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Twist Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twist Ferry is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist Ferry
- Wildcat ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wildcat is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Cloar 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 Cloar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cloar and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cloar to Marion, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,337 miles [11,807.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 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- Cloar) 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 Cloar 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 Cloar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3098, Longitude: -90.4579 In this case, the coordinates for Cloar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.06 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.29 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.468 degrees. |
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