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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 Gulpha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gulpha 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 Gulpha:
- 34.508423, -92.939064
- 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 Gulpha
- 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 Garland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
- Since Gulpha is near Hot Spring County and also Saline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline 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 Gulpha
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gulpha ...
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.
- Cove Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Diamondhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Diamondhead is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
- Dripping Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dripping Springs is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
- Euclid Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Euclid Heights is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
- High Point ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hot Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jones Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Mills is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
- Lake Catherine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Magnet Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
- Price
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Garland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
How Far From Gulpha 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 Gulpha 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<2> community of Gulpha once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gulpha and extending to:
- Hot Springs, which is the Seat of Garland County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Gulpha to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,477 miles [12,033.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gulpha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gulpha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gulpha 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 Gulpha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5084, Longitude: -92.9391 In this case, the coordinates for Gulpha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.59 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.961 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.704 degrees. |
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