Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hale
- 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 Hale:
- 35.636746, -91.091234
- 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 Hale
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Hale is near Poinsett County and also Craighead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- eBird sighting report for Craighead 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 Hale ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Hale.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Hale.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 25 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Hale lies 2,530 miles [4,071.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- 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 Colorado community of Hale [Arapahoe County].
- Yuma County
- This Hale is located in Yuma County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Hale.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Hale is located in Chautauqua County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Hale.
- Geary County
- 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 Kansas community of Hale [Geary County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Hale lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Hale lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Hale is located in Cumberland County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<3> to the east of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hale.
- Washington County
- This Hale is located in Washington County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the east of the Hale that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hale.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hale ...
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.
- Airport Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Credit ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Jackson County
- Erwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Grubbs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Murphys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Murphys Corner is located in Jackson County
- Stringers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringers Mill
- Stringers Mill is located in Jackson County
- Tuckerman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerman
- Tuckerman is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuckerman <5>
- Uno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Hale 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 Hale 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 Hale once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hale and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hale to Newport, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncountyar.org/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 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 Hale 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> | 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 Hale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6367, Longitude: -91.0912 In this case, the coordinates for Hale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.83 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.685 degrees. |