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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 Crain City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crain City 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 Crain City:
- 33.267626, -92.507371
- 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 Crain City
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Crain City is near Calhoun County and also Bradley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley 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 Crain City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crain City ...
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.
- El Dorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Joyce City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joyce City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce City
- Little Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Bay is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bay
- Lloyd Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lloyd Ford is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Ford
- Pigeon Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Hill is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Hill
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sandy Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Bend is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bend
- Sandy Land
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- Snow Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Strong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Crain City 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 Crain City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crain City and extending to:
- El Dorado, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crain City to El Dorado, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 945 miles [1,520.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,394 miles [8,680.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crain City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Crain City 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 Crain City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2676, Longitude: -92.5074 In this case, the coordinates for Crain City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.193 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.335 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.712 degrees. |
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