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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 McPhearson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McPhearson 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 McPhearson:
- 36.140348, -92.252656
- 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 McPhearson
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since McPhearson is near Izard County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 McPhearson
Curious and Interesting Names Near McPhearson ...
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.
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Berry ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jonesdale ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesdale is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Nelsons Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Old Joe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Joe is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Joe
- Salesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From McPhearson 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 McPhearson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McPhearson and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McPhearson to Mountain Home, 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the south (S). 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 853 miles [1,372.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,371 miles [11,862.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 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 '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- McPhearson) 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 McPhearson 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 McPhearson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1403, Longitude: -92.2527 In this case, the coordinates for McPhearson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.278 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.813 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.113 degrees. |
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