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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 McCormick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCormick and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 McCormick:
    • 35.597858, -90.581219
    • 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 McCormick
  • 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 Poinsett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
    • Since McCormick is near Craighead County and also Cross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross 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 McCormick

Communities Also Named McCormick ...

We found ten communities that are also named McCormick.

Within Arkansas, the name McCormick is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of McCormick [Duval County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of McCormick [Cook County].
      • Pope County
      • This McCormick is located in Pope County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of McCormick.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of McCormick [Gallia County].
    • Ontario
      • This McCormick lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This McCormick is located in Indiana County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of McCormick.
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • This McCormick is located in McCormick County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCormick County community of McCormick.
    • Texas
      • Archer 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 Texas community of McCormick [Archer County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This McCormick is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<2> to the west northwest of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of McCormick.
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This McCormick is located in Lewis County and lies 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the McCormick that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of McCormick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCormick ...

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.

  • Cassidy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cassidy is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
  • Hatchie Coon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
  • Huskey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Huskey is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey
  • Judd Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Judd Hill is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd Hill
  • Maple Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Promised Land
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Promised Land is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Stacy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stacy is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
  • Walnut Grove Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Grove Corner is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Corner

How Far From McCormick 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 McCormick to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McCormick and extending to:

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McCormick to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,205 miles [8,376.6 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 McCormick 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McCormick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about McCormick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 McCormick 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 McCormick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5979, Longitude: -90.5812       In this case, the coordinates for McCormick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.158 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.443 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.467 degrees.