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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 Denton Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Denton Island 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 Denton Island:
- 35.755354, -91.030122
- 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 Denton Island
- 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 Craighead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Since Denton Island is near Poinsett County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Denton Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Denton Island ...
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.
- Cash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Credit ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Credit is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit
- Egypt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Grubbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Three Way
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Three Way is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Tuckerman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Uno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Uno is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Denton Island 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 Denton Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Denton Island and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Denton Island to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>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 797 miles [1,282.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 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 '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- Denton Island) 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 Denton Island 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 Denton Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7554, Longitude: -91.0301 In this case, the coordinates for Denton Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.457 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.81 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.635 degrees. |
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