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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 Hedges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hedges 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 Hedges:
- 35.973684, -92.221544
- 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 Hedges
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Hedges is near Baxter County and also Izard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard 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 Hedges
Communities Also Named Hedges ...
We found six communities that are also named Hedges.
Within Arkansas, the name Hedges is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Nassau County
- This Hedges is located in Nassau County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hedges that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Hedges.
- Georgia
- Walker 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 Georgia community of Hedges [Walker County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Hedges is located in Clark County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hedges that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Hedges.
- Montgomery 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 Kentucky community of Hedges [Montgomery County].
- Ohio
- Paulding County
- This Hedges is located in Paulding County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hedges that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Hedges.
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Hedges is located in Benton County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hedges that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hedges.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hedges ...
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.
- Big Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fifty-Six
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jonesdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesdale is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- May ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- May is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Mountain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mozart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mozart is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Twin Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Creek is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creek
How Far From Hedges 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 Hedges 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 Hedges once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hedges and extending to:
- Mountain View, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hedges to Mountain View, with an average speed<5> 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 85 miles [136.8 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 855 miles [1,376 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,378 miles [11,873.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,256 miles [8,458.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Hedges) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hedges 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 Hedges, 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 Hedges 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 Hedges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9737, Longitude: -92.2215 In this case, the coordinates for Hedges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.245 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.753 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.13 degrees. |
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