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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 Deberrie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deberrie 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 Deberrie:
    • 34.940738, -93.015614
    • 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 Deberrie
  • 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Since Deberrie is near Yell County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conway 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 Deberrie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deberrie ...

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.

  • Cherry Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cotton Town
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cotton Town is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Divide ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Divide is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Homewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Homewood is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Nimrod
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nimrod is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
  • Pontoon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pontoon is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
  • Ragsdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ragsdale is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
  • Rocky Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Crossing is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
  • Rocky Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Ford is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford

How Far From Deberrie 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 Deberrie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Deberrie and extending to:

  • Perryville, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Deberrie to Perryville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 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 from Point A (ie- Deberrie) 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 Deberrie 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 Deberrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9407, Longitude: -93.0156    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.679 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.121 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.667 degrees.