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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 Kate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kate 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 Kate:
- 35.044815, -90.361488
- 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 Kate
- 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- Since Kate is near Saint Francis County and also Cross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Francis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cross 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 Kate
Communities Also Named Kate ...
We found one communities that are also named Kate.
Within Arkansas, the name Kate is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Kate in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Union 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 Tennessee community of Kate [Union County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kate ...
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.
- Blue Goose ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blue Goose is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Democrat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Democrat is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Greasy Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greasy Corner is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Corner
- Hughes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Louise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Mallory Spur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mallory Spur is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Spur
- Mounds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- New Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Shady Grove is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Shady Grove
- Red Gum Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Gum Farm is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Gum Farm
- Topaz
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Topaz is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Kate 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 Kate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kate and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kate to Marion, with an average speed<4> 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 780 miles [1,255.3 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 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,221 miles [8,402.4 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kate 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 '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- Kate) 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 Kate 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 Kate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0448, Longitude: -90.3615 In this case, the coordinates for Kate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.98 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.161 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.477 degrees. |
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