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 Maple Corner:
34.555378, -90.858447
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 Maple Corner
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 Phillips County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Maple Corner.
Within Arkansas, the name Maple Corner is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Greene County
This Maple Corner is located in Greene County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maple Corner that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Maple Corner.
Vermont
Washington County
This Maple Corner is located in Washington County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Maple Corner that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Maple Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Corner ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Maple Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Corner and extending to:
Helena, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Maple Corner to Helena, with an average speed<3> 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 80 miles [128.7 km] to the west (W). 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 820 miles [1,319.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,265 miles [8,473.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Maple Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Maple Corner 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 Maple Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5554, Longitude: -90.8584 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.258 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.419 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.785 degrees.