Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in McCaskill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCaskill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for McCaskill
- 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 McCaskill:
- 33.918620, -93.641688
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on McCaskill
- 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 Hempstead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- Since McCaskill is near Pike County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- eBird sighting report for Howard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named McCaskill ...
We found two communities that share the name McCaskill.
Within Arkansas, the name McCaskill is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Chesterfield 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 South Carolina community of McCaskill [Chesterfield County].
- Kershaw County
- This McCaskill is located in Kershaw County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<2> to the east of the McCaskill that is located in Hempstead County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of McCaskill.
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCaskill ...
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.
- Ball ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Billstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Delight
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Delight is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delight <4>
- Drab ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Maxwell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Piney Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nevada County
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Pump Springs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pump Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Springs
- Pump Springs is located in Howard County
- Unity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Yancy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From McCaskill 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 town such as McCaskill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCaskill and extending to:
- Hope, which is the Seat of Hempstead County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from McCaskill to Hope, with an average speed<5> 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,412 miles [8,709.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McCaskill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 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 McCaskill 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McCaskill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCaskill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9186, Longitude: -93.6417 In this case, the coordinates for McCaskill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 McCaskill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.99 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.35 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.107 degrees. |