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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 Etowah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Etowah 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 Etowah:
    • 35.722204, -90.231572
    • 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 Etowah
  • 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Since Etowah is near Craighead County and also Poinsett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett 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 Etowah

Communities Also Named Etowah ...

We found seven communities that are also named Etowah.

Within Arkansas, the name Etowah is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Etowah [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Etowah is located in Floyd County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Etowah that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Etowah.
      • Lumpkin County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Etowah [Lumpkin County].
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Etowah is located in Henderson County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the east of the Etowah that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Etowah.
    • Oklahoma
      • Cleveland County
      • This Etowah is located in Cleveland County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the west of the Etowah that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Etowah.
    • Tennessee
      • McMinn County
      • This Etowah is located in McMinn County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the east of the Etowah that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Etowah.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Etowah is located in Kanawha County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Etowah that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Etowah.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Etowah ...

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.

  • Cottonwood Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottonwood Corner is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Corner
  • Floodway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Floodway is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodway
  • Little River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Little River is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Lost Cane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost Cane is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Cane
  • Red Line
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Red Line is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Line
  • Rivervale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
  • Shady Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Three Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Three Way is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
  • Vail
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Vail is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
  • Waco ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Waco is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Whistleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Whistleville is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistleville

How Far From Etowah 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 town such as Etowah to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Etowah and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Etowah to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Etowah 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.
<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- Etowah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Etowah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Etowah 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 Etowah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7222, Longitude: -90.2316       In this case, the coordinates for Etowah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.943 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.211 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.288 degrees.