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 Harwood:
33.162899, -91.128164
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.
We found fifteen communities that are also named Harwood.
Within Arkansas, the name Harwood is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Volusia 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 Florida community of Harwood [Volusia County].
Illinois
Champaign 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 Illinois community of Harwood [Champaign County].
Indiana
Vanderburgh County
This Harwood is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Harwood.
Kansas
Haskell 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 Harwood [Haskell County].
Seward County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Harwood [Seward County].
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Harwood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Harwood.
Massachusetts
Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Harwood [Middlesex County].
Missouri
Vernon County
This Harwood is located in Vernon County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Harwood.
North Dakota
Cass County
This Harwood is located in Cass County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Harwood.
Ohio
Highland County
This Harwood is located in Highland County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Harwood.
Morrow 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 Ohio community of Harwood [Morrow County].
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Harwood.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Harwood is located in Luzerne County and lies 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the northeast of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Harwood.
Texas
Gonzales County
This Harwood is located in Gonzales County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Harwood.
Washington
Yakima County
This Harwood is located in Yakima County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<2> to the northwest of the Harwood that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Harwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harwood ...
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.
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 Harwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harwood and extending to:
Lake Village, which is the Seat of Chicot County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harwood to Lake Village, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 879 miles [1,414.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,465 miles [12,013.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Harwood 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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Harwood 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 Harwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1629, Longitude: -91.1282 In this case, the coordinates for Harwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.309 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.291 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.143 degrees.