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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 Landers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landers 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 Landers:
- 35.569247, -90.608442
- 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 Landers
- 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 Landers is near Cross County and also Craighead 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 Craighead 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 Landers
Communities Also Named Landers ...
We found five communities that are also named Landers.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Landers.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Hot Spring County
- This Landers is located in Hot Spring County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the southwest of the Landers that is located in Poinsett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Landers.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This Landers is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the west of the Landers that is located in Poinsett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Landers.
- Georgia
- Floyd County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Landers [Floyd County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Landers [Cook County].
- Mississippi
- Oktibbeha County
- This Landers is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Landers that is located in Poinsett County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Landers.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landers ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Buffalolick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
- Cassidy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cassidy is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Cypress ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cypress is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Coon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Huskey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huskey is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey
- Judd Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Judd Hill is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd Hill
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Promised Land
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Promised Land is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stacy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stacy is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Walnut Grove Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Corner is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Corner
How Far From Landers 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 Landers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Landers and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Landers to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 779 miles [1,253.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Landers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Landers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Landers 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Landers 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 Landers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5692, Longitude: -90.6084 In this case, the coordinates for Landers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.174 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.457 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.484 degrees. |
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