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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 Hydrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hydrick 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 Hydrick:
    • 35.446472, -90.743724
    • 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 Hydrick
  • 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 Poinsett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
    • Since Hydrick is near Cross County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Hydrick

Communities Also Named Hydrick ...

We found one communities that are also named Hydrick.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Hydrick.

Beyond Arkansas.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Cross County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hydrick [Cross County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hydrick ...

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.

  • Arthur ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Arthur is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Birdeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Birdeye is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdeye
  • Boat Run
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Boat Run is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Run
  • Cherry Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Coldwater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Coldwater is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
  • Fortune
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fortune is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
  • Harrisburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Twist Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Twist Ferry is located in Cross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist Ferry

How Far From Hydrick 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 Hydrick to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hydrick and extending to:

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies just to the North.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hydrick to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,219 miles [8,399.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hydrick 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hydrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hydrick 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 Hydrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4465, Longitude: -90.7437       In this case, the coordinates for Hydrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.252 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.531 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.568 degrees.