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 Lees Ferry:
34.070933, -92.365708
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 Lees Ferry
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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Lees Ferry.
Within Arkansas, the name Lees Ferry is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Baldwin County
This Lees Ferry is located in Baldwin County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the southeast of the Lees Ferry that is located in Dallas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Lees Ferry.
Montgomery County
This Lees Ferry is located in Montgomery County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east southeast of the Lees Ferry that is located in Dallas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lees Ferry.
Arizona
Coconino County
This Lees Ferry is located in Coconino County and lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lees Ferry that is located in Dallas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Lees Ferry.
Tennessee
Anderson County
This Lees Ferry is located in Anderson County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lees Ferry that is located in Dallas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lees Ferry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lees Ferry ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lees Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lees Ferry and extending to:
Fordyce, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lees Ferry to Fordyce, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 912 miles [1,467.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,351 miles [8,611.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Lees Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Lees Ferry 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 Lees Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0709, Longitude: -92.3657 In this case, the coordinates for Lees Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.18 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.425 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.523 degrees.