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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 Doubleday, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doubleday 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 Doubleday:
    • 35.180651, -94.385771
    • 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 Doubleday
  • 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 Sebastian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
    • Since Doubleday is near Le Flore County and also Sequoyah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Le Flore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sequoyah 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 Doubleday

Communities Also Named Doubleday ...

We found one communities that are also named Doubleday.

Within Arkansas, the name Doubleday is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Doubleday in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Floyd County
      • This Doubleday is located in Floyd County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the north of the Doubleday that is located in Sebastian County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Doubleday.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doubleday ...

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.

  • Big Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Big Rock is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
  • Bonanza
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
  • Cedar Knobb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Knobb is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knobb
  • Cedars
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedars is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Crescent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crescent is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Dill Place ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dill Place is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill Place
  • Enterprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Fox Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Hill is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Greenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
  • Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
  • Jenny Lind
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
  • Old Jenny Lind
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jenny Lind
  • Rock Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rock Island is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
  • Saw Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Saw Mill is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill

How Far From Doubleday to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Doubleday 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 Doubleday once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Doubleday and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Doubleday to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>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 988 miles [1,590 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,503 miles [12,074.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,383 miles [8,663.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doubleday) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Doubleday, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Doubleday 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 Doubleday. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1807, Longitude: -94.3858       In this case, the coordinates for Doubleday have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.602 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.226 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.248 degrees.