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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 Hooker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hooker 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 Hooker:
- 34.119821, -91.880968
- 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 Hooker
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Hooker is near Lincoln County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Hooker
Communities Also Named Hooker ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Hooker.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Hooker.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Greene County
- This Hooker is located in Greene County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Hooker.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tehama County
- This Hooker is located in Tehama County and lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Hooker.
- Georgia
- Dade County
- This Hooker is located in Dade County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Hooker.
- Indiana
- Washington 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 Hooker [Washington County].
- Kansas
- Decatur 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 Kansas community of Hooker [Decatur County].
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- This Hooker is located in Clay County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Hooker.
- Mississippi
- Lawrence County
- This Hooker is located in Lawrence County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Hooker.
- Missouri
- Pulaski County
- This Hooker is located in Pulaski County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the north of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Hooker.
- New York
- Lewis County
- This Hooker is located in Lewis County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Hooker.
- North Carolina
- Alleghany County
- This Hooker is located in Alleghany County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Hooker.
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- This Hooker is located in Fairfield County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Hooker.
- Oklahoma
- Texas County
- This Hooker is located in Texas County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Hooker.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Hooker is located in Butler County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Hooker.
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- This Hooker is located in Turner County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hooker that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Turner County community of Hooker.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hooker ...
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.
- Cornerstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornerstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
- Cottondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cottondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Glenlake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenlake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
- Grady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenback Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenback Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback Ferry
- Ladd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ladd is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Lake Dick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Dick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dick
- Moscow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Noble Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Terry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Terry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Hooker 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 Hooker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hooker and extending to:
- Pine Bluff, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hooker to Pine Bluff, with an average speed<4> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,328 miles [8,574.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Hooker) 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 Hooker 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> | 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 Hooker 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 Hooker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1198, Longitude: -91.8810 In this case, the coordinates for Hooker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.075 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.304 degrees. |
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