Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Eastgate Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastgate Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Eastgate Place

• 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 Eastgate Place:
  • 35.456200, -94.301044
  • 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 Eastgate Place

• 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Since Eastgate Place is near Sebastian County and also Sequoyah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian 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 Eastgate Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastgate Place ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ball is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
• Catcher
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Catcher is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catcher
• Cross Lanes
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cross Lanes is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Lanes
• Dean Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dean Springs is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Springs
• Deans Market
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Deans Market is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Market
• Dripping Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dripping Springs is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
• Figure Five
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Figure Five is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figure Five
• Furry
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Furry is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furry
• Greenwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Greenwood Junction
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Junction is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Junction
• Hobbtown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hobbtown is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbtown
• Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadows is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
• Oak Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove

How Far From Eastgate Place 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 Eastgate Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Eastgate Place and extending to:

• Van Buren, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the West.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Eastgate Place to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 977 miles [1,572.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,486 miles [12,047.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,366 miles [8,635.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'