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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 Dotson Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dotson Station 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 Dotson Station:
- 33.910389, -93.615458
- 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 Dotson Station
- 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 Hempstead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- Since Dotson Station is near Pike County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Dotson Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dotson Station ...
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.
- Ball ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ball is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Billstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Delight
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Drab ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Drab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drab
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Iron Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Iron Springs is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Piney Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Yancy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yancy is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancy
How Far From Dotson Station 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 Dotson Station 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 Dotson Station once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dotson Station and extending to:
- Hope, which is the Seat of Hempstead County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dotson Station to Hope, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,534 miles [12,124.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,411 miles [8,708.2 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 Dotson Station, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dotson Station) 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 Dotson Station 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 Dotson Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9104, Longitude: -93.6155 In this case, the coordinates for Dotson Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.973 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.328 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.097 degrees. |
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