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 Hicks:
33.719286, -94.124917
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 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 Little River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nineteen communities that share the name Hicks.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Hicks.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Phillips County
This Hicks is located in Phillips County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Hicks.
Washington County
This Hicks is located in Washington County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the north of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hicks.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Calhoun County
This Hicks is located in Calhoun County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the east of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hicks.
Cleburne 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 Alabama community of Hicks [Cleburne County].
British Columbia
This Hicks lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
Georgia
Macon County
This Hicks is located in Macon County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Hicks.
Illinois
Hardin County
This Hicks is located in Hardin County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hicks.
Indiana
Jefferson 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 Indiana community of Hicks [Jefferson County].
LaPorte County
This Hicks is located in LaPorte County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Hicks.
Iowa
Black Hawk County
This Hicks is located in Black Hawk County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the north of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Black Hawk County community of Hicks.
Louisiana
Vernon Parish
This Hicks is located in Vernon Parish and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Hicks.
Michigan
Oscoda 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 Michigan community of Hicks [Oscoda County].
Mississippi
Jefferson 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 Hicks [Jefferson County].
Missouri
Sainte Genevieve County
This Hicks is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Hicks.
New York
Chemung County
This Hicks is located in Chemung County and lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Hicks.
Ohio
Warren County
This Hicks is located in Warren County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hicks.
Tennessee
DeKalb 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 Tennessee community of Hicks [DeKalb County].
Texas
Lee County
This Hicks is located in Lee County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hicks that is located in Little River County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Hicks.
Tarrant 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 Texas community of Hicks [Tarrant County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hicks ...
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.
Comet (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hicks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hicks and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Hicks to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hicks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hicks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7193, Longitude: -94.1249 In this case, the coordinates for Hicks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Hicks 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>
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.
<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 Hicks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.285 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.667 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.35 degrees.