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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 Gum Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gum Tree 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 Gum Tree:
- 35.186755, -93.452964
- 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 Gum Tree
- 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Since Gum Tree is near Logan County and also Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Gum Tree
Communities Also Named Gum Tree ...
We found four communities that are also named Gum Tree.
Within Arkansas, the name Gum Tree is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Monroe County
- This Gum Tree is located in Monroe County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gum Tree that is located in Yell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Gum Tree.
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Gum Tree is located in Davidson County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the east of the Gum Tree that is located in Yell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Gum Tree.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Gum Tree [Chester County].
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Gum Tree is located in Hanover County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gum Tree that is located in Yell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Gum Tree.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum Tree ...
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.
- Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Havana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Marvinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Ranger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ranger is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Gum Tree 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 community such as Gum Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gum Tree and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Gum Tree to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 938 miles [1,509.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gum Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gum Tree 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gum Tree 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 Gum Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1868, Longitude: -93.4530 In this case, the coordinates for Gum Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.511 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.824 degrees. |
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