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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 Landis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Landis 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 Landis:
- 35.939519, -92.442104
- 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 Landis
- 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Since Landis is near Stone County and also Baxter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter 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 Landis
Communities Also Named Landis ...
We found five communities that are also named Landis.
Within Arkansas, the name Landis is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Henry 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 Missouri community of Landis [Henry County].
- New Jersey
- Cumberland 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 New Jersey community of Landis [Cumberland County].
- North Carolina
- Rowan County
- This Landis is located in Rowan County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the east of the Landis that is located in Searcy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Landis.
- Ohio
- Darke County
- This Landis is located in Darke County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Landis that is located in Searcy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Landis.
- Saskatchewan
- This Landis lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Landis that is located in Searcy County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Landis ...
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.
- Barren Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barren Hollow is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Hollow
- Big Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evening Star
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Evening Star is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Star
- Flag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flag is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag
- Harness
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harness is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harness
- Harriet
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesdale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesdale is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Leslie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Martin Box
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin Box is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Box
- May ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- May is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Mozart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mozart is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rock Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rocky Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
How Far From Landis 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 Landis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Landis and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Landis to Marshall, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,267 miles [8,476.4 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 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 Landis 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Landis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Landis 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 Landis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9395, Longitude: -92.4421 In this case, the coordinates for Landis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.387 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.912 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.236 degrees. |
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