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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 Farewell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farewell 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 Farewell:
- 36.392290, -93.369628
- 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 Farewell
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Farewell is near Boone County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Farewell
Communities Also Named Farewell ...
We found six communities that are also named Farewell.
Within Arkansas, the name Farewell is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- 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 Alaska community of Farewell.
- Missouri
- Oregon County
- This Farewell is located in Oregon County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the east of the Farewell that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Farewell.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ontario
- This Farewell lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Farewell that is located in Carroll County.
- Texas
- Dallam County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dallam County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallam County community of Farewell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Farewell ...
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.
- Blue Eye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Coin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coin is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Cricket
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cricket is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Green Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- High
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- High is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Homer is located in Stone County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Lick Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lick Branch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Branch
- Little Arkansaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Arkansaw is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Arkansaw
- Maple
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maple is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oasis ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oasis is located in Taney County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Prosperity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Rule
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rule is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
How Far From Farewell to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Farewell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Farewell and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Farewell to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 908 miles [1,461.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Farewell 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farewell) 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 Farewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Farewell 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 Farewell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3923, Longitude: -93.3696 In this case, the coordinates for Farewell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.032 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.721 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.58 degrees. |
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