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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 Holiday Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Island 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 Holiday Island:
- 36.487143, -93.726515
- 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 Holiday Island
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Holiday Island is near Barry County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway 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 Holiday Island
Communities Also Named Holiday Island ...
We found one communities that are also named Holiday Island.
Within Arkansas, the name Holiday Island is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Holiday Island in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Perquimans County
- This Holiday Island is located in Perquimans County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the east of the Holiday Island that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perquimans County community of Holiday Island.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Island ...
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.
- Beaver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chain-O-Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chain-O-Lakes is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-O-Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Eagle Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Emerald Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Beach is located in Barry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Eureka Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Golden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Junction ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Tunnel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tunnel is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel
How Far From Holiday Island 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 Holiday Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Holiday Island and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Holiday Island 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,294 miles [8,519.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Holiday Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Holiday Island 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 Holiday Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4871, Longitude: -93.7265 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.276 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.017 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.729 degrees. |
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