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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 Culpepper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culpepper 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 Culpepper:
- 35.516189, -92.516548
- 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 Culpepper
- 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Since Culpepper is near Conway County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Culpepper
Communities Also Named Culpepper ...
We found one communities that are also named Culpepper.
Within Arkansas, the name Culpepper is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Culpepper in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- This Culpepper is located in Cannon County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the east of the Culpepper that is located in Van Buren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Culpepper.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Culpepper ...
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.
- Butter Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Butter Creek is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butter Creek
- Buzzard Roost ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buzzard Roost is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Roost
- Choctaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
- Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Mountain is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Scotland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shake Rag ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shake Rag is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake Rag
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Culpepper 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 Culpepper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Culpepper and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Culpepper to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,290 miles [8,513.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Culpepper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Culpepper 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 Culpepper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5162, Longitude: -92.5165 In this case, the coordinates for Culpepper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.345 degrees. |
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