Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Imelda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Imelda and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Imelda

• 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 Imelda:
  • 34.408427, -93.416020
  • 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 Imelda

• 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
  • Since Imelda is near Garland County and also Hot Spring County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring 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 Imelda

Curious and Interesting Names Near Imelda ...

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.

• Cross Roads
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cross Roads is located in Hot Spring County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
• Crystal Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Springs is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
• Elm ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Elm is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
• Hickory Station ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Station is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Station
• Lucky ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lucky is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
• Peak
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Peak is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
• Rock Creek ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Creek is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Silver
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Silver is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
• Wayside ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayside is located in Hot Spring County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
• Welsh
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Welsh is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh

How Far From Imelda 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 Imelda 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<1> community of Imelda once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Imelda and extending to:

• Mount Ida, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Imelda to Mount Ida, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,502 miles [12,073.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,379 miles [8,656.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'