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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 Debrow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Debrow 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 Debrow:
- 36.342565, -90.909288
- 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 Debrow
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Debrow is near Clay County and also Ripley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley 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 Debrow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Debrow ...
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.
- Biggers
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Biggers is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Biggers Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Biggers Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers Ferry
- Brakebill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brakebill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Gravesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gravesville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Mock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mock is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pocahontas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <1>
- Rocky Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ford is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Running Lake ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Running Lake is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Running Lake
- Stokes
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
How Far From Debrow to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Debrow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Debrow once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Debrow and extending to:
- Pocahontas, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Debrow to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Debrow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Debrow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Debrow 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 Debrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3426, Longitude: -90.9093 In this case, the coordinates for Debrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.418 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.844 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.466 degrees. |
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