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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 Mangrum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mangrum 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 Mangrum:
- 35.787853, -90.357601
- 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 Mangrum
- 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 Craighead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Since Mangrum is near Mississippi County and also Poinsett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett 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 Mangrum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mangrum ...
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.
- Black Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Cottonwood Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Corner is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Corner
- Deep Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Landing is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Landing
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Vail
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vail is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Waco ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
How Far From Mangrum 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 Mangrum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mangrum and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mangrum to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mangrum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mangrum 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 Mangrum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7879, Longitude: -90.3576 In this case, the coordinates for Mangrum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.028 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.318 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.33 degrees. |
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