|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hand, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hand 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 Hand:
- 36.276872, -92.196336
- 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 Hand
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since Hand is near Izard County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Hand
Communities Also Named Hand ...
We found six communities that are also named Hand.
Within Arkansas, the name Hand is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Wayne County
- This Hand is located in Wayne County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hand that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Hand.
- Mississippi
- Kemper 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 Mississippi community of Hand [Kemper County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- This Hand is located in Coos County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hand that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Hand.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Hand is located in Horry County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the east of the Hand that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Hand.
- South Dakota
- Hand 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 South Dakota community of Hand [Hand County].
- Virginia
- Southampton 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 Virginia community of Hand [Southampton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hand ...
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.
- Covey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Covey is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey
- Diamond Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Bay is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bay
- Holiday Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holiday Hills is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sycamore Heights is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Heights
- Sycamore Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Spring is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
- Traceys Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Traceys Ferry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceys Ferry
- Wake ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Woods Point Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woods Point Landing is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Point Landing
How Far From Hand 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 Hand 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<4> community of Hand once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hand and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hand to Mountain Home, with an average speed<5> 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 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,363 miles [11,849.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hand) 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 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 Hand 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> | 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 Hand, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Hand 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 Hand. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2769, Longitude: -92.1963 In this case, the coordinates for Hand have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.80 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.062 degrees. |
|
|