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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 Cooleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooleyville 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 Cooleyville:
    • 34.021777, -93.766849
    • 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 Cooleyville
  • 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Since Cooleyville is near Hempstead County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Cooleyville

Communities Also Named Cooleyville ...

We found one communities that are also named Cooleyville.

Within Arkansas, the name Cooleyville is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Cooleyville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Cooleyville is located in Franklin County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cooleyville that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cooleyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooleyville ...

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.

  • Ball ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Ball is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
  • Chapel Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Highland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Highland is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Maxwell ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Maxwell is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Nathan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Nathan is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
  • Pump Springs ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pump Springs is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Springs
  • Reed
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Reed is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Temperanceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Temperanceville is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperanceville

How Far From Cooleyville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cooleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cooleyville to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 986 miles [1,586.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Cooleyville) 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 Cooleyville 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 Cooleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0218, Longitude: -93.7668       In this case, the coordinates for Cooleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.082 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.47 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.147 degrees.