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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 Doss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doss 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 Doss:
    • 35.826464, -90.641777
    • 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 Doss
  • 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 Doss is near Poinsett County and also Greene 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 Greene 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 Doss

Communities Also Named Doss ...

We found seven communities that are also named Doss.

Within Arkansas, the name Doss is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Morehouse Parish
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Doss [Morehouse Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Dent County
      • This Doss is located in Dent County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Doss that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dent County community of Doss.
    • Nebraska
      • Dawson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Dawson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Doss.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Doss.
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • Although located in Cass County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Doss.
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Doss [Clay County].
      • Gillespie County
      • This Doss is located in Gillespie County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Doss that is located in Craighead County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Doss.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doss ...

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.

  • Bono
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bono is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <4>
  • Buck Snort
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Buck Snort is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Snort
  • Burnt Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Hill is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hill
  • Davis Spur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Davis Spur is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Spur
  • Goobertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Goobertown is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goobertown
  • Gum Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gum Point is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Point
  • Herman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Herman is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
  • Lake City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • March ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • March is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
  • Pleasant Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Shady Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Shady Grove is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Stacy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stacy is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy

How Far From Doss 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 Doss 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 community of Doss once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Doss and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Doss to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,197 miles [8,363.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Doss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Doss could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Doss 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 Doss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8265, Longitude: -90.6418       In this case, the coordinates for Doss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.213 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.536 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.449 degrees.