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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 Jesup, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jesup 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 Jesup:
    • 36.017016, -91.336243
    • 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 Jesup
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Jesup is near Sharp County and also Independence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sharp County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Independence 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 Jesup

Communities Also Named Jesup ...

We found three communities that are also named Jesup.

Within Arkansas, the name Jesup is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Wayne County
      • This Jesup is located in Wayne County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jesup that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Jesup.
    • Iowa
      • Buchanan County
      • This Jesup is located in Buchanan County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the north of the Jesup that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Jesup.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Jesup [Moore County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jesup ...

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.

  • Amateur ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Amateur is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amateur
  • Cave City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Dowdy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dowdy is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdy
  • Driftwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Driftwood is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Frisbee ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Frisbee is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbee
  • Hazel Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hazel Grove is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Grove
  • Lockheart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lockheart is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockheart
  • Lynn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lynn is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <3>
  • Reed ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Reed is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Strawberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
  • Walnut Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jesup and extending to:

  • Walnut Ridge, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Jesup to Walnut Ridge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 807 miles [1,298.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jesup) 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 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 Jesup 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 Jesup 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 Jesup. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0170, Longitude: -91.3362       In this case, the coordinates for Jesup have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.673 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.095 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.722 degrees.