Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Heelstring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heelstring and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heelstring

• 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 Heelstring:
  • 36.353674, -90.694559
  • 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 Heelstring

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Heelstring is near Randolph County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Heelstring

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heelstring ...

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.

• Biggers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Biggers is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
• Biggers Ferry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Biggers Ferry is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers Ferry
• Cache Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cache Lake is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
• Case
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Case is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
• Corning
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Corning is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corning <1>
• Peach Orchard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
• Peru
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Peru is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
• Success
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Success is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
• Twin Oaks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Twin Oaks is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
• Walnut Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Heelstring to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Heelstring to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heelstring and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Heelstring to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'