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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 Girard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Girard 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 Girard:
    • 35.005373, -93.942982
    • 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 Girard
  • 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
    • Since Girard is near Logan County and also Sebastian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian 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 Girard

Communities Also Named Girard ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Girard.

Within Arkansas, the name Girard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Russell County
      • This Girard is located in Russell County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Girard.
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Girard [Kern County].
    • Georgia
      • Burke County
      • This Girard is located in Burke County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the east of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Girard.
    • Illinois
      • Macoupin County
      • This Girard is located in Macoupin County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Girard.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Girard is located in Crawford County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Girard.
      • Meade County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Girard [Meade County].
    • Louisiana
      • Richland Parish
      • This Girard is located in Richland Parish and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland Parish community of Girard.
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • This Girard is located in Branch County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Girard.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Girard is located in Polk County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the north of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Girard.
    • Montana
      • Richland County
      • This Girard is located in Richland County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Girard.
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Box Butte County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Girard.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Girard is located in Trumbull County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Girard.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Erie County
      • This Girard is located in Erie County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the northeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Girard.
      • York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Girard [York County].
    • Texas
      • Kent County
      • This Girard is located in Kent County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Girard.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne County
      • This Girard is located in Wayne County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Girard that is located in Scott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Girard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Girard ...

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.

  • Barber
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Barber is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Elm Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Elm Park is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park
  • Evening Shade
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Evening Shade is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
  • Golden City ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Golden City is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden City
  • Green Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Ridge is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Lewis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lewis is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Lone Elm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Elm is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
  • Lucas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucas is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
  • Mountain Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Grove is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
  • Sugar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Union Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Hill is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Girard 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 Girard 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 community of Girard once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Girard and extending to:

  • Waldron, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Girard to Waldron, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,494 miles [12,060.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,373 miles [8,647 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Girard) 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 Girard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Girard 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.
<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 Girard 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 Girard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0054, Longitude: -93.9430       In this case, the coordinates for Girard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.293 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.844 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.074 degrees.