Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hicksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hicksville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hicksville
- 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 Hicksville:
- 35.097310, -91.618190
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hicksville
- 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Hicksville is near Prairie County and also Woodruff County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Prairie County
- eBird sighting report for Woodruff 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hicksville ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Hicksville.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Hicksville.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Phillips County
- This Hicksville is located in Phillips County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Hicksville.
- Phillips County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Hicksville is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Hicksville.
- Kentucky
- Graves County
- This Hicksville is located in Graves County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Hicksville.
- Lawrence County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hicksville [Lawrence County].
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Hicksville [Bristol County].
- New Brunswick
- This Hicksville lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Hicksville is located in Nassau County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Hicksville.
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hicksville [Queens County].
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hicksville [Rutherford County].
- Ohio
- Defiance County
- This Hicksville is located in Defiance County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Hicksville.
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Hicksville is located in Armstrong County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Hicksville.
- Tennessee
- Madison County
- This Hicksville is located in Madison County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hicksville.
- Virginia
- Bland County
- This Hicksville is located in Bland County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicksville that is located in White County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Hicksville.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hicksville ...
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.
- Barber ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Defiance ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Ellen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Fourmile Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Fourmile Corner is located in Prairie County
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Gum Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in White County
- Happy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Hickory Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jasmine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Pryor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hicksville 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 Hicksville 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 community of Hicksville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Hicksville and extending to:
- Searcy, which is the Seat of White County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hicksville to Searcy, 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,395 miles [11,901.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,272 miles [8,484.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for White County: www.whitecountyar.org/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Hicksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hicksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0973, Longitude: -91.6182 In this case, the coordinates for Hicksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Hicksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Hicksville 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Hicksville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.787 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.105 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.019 degrees. |