Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Excelsior, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Excelsior and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Excelsior
- 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 Excelsior:
- 35.200094, -94.314379
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Excelsior
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
- Since Excelsior is near Le Flore County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Le Flore County
- eBird sighting report for Scott 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Excelsior ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Excelsior.
Within Arkansas, the name Excelsior is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Bulloch County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Excelsior [Bulloch County].
- Candler County
- This Excelsior is located in Candler County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Candler County community of Excelsior.
- Tift County
- This Excelsior is located in Tift County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east southeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tift County community of Excelsior.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Douglas County].
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Mitchell County].
- Pawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Pawnee County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Excelsior.
- Morgan County
- This Excelsior is located in Morgan County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Excelsior.
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Washington
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Excelsior is located in McDowell County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Excelsior.
- Upshur County
- This Excelsior is located in Upshur County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the east northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Excelsior.
- Webster County
- This Excelsior is located in Webster County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km] to the east northeast of the Excelsior that is located in Sebastian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Excelsior.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Excelsior ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Bonanza
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Burnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Dill Place ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill Place
- Dill Place is located in Sebastian County
- Doubleday ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Sebastian County
- Fidelity ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Fox Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
- Jenny Lind
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenny Lind have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Old Jenny Lind
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Jenny Lind have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jenny Lind
- Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
- Saw Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Excelsior 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 Excelsior to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Excelsior and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Excelsior 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 984 miles [1,583.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,499 miles [12,068.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,379 miles [8,656.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Excelsior. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sebastian County: www.sebastiancountyonline.com/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Excelsior) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Excelsior. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2001, Longitude: -94.3144 In this case, the coordinates for Excelsior have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Excelsior 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. |
| <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 Excelsior, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Excelsior to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.556 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.176 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.213 degrees. |