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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 Mitchellville:
33.905371, -91.498448
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.
We found ten communities that share the name Mitchellville.
Within Arkansas, the name Mitchellville is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout 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 ...
Alabama
Calhoun County
This Mitchellville is located in Calhoun County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Mitchellville.
Indiana
Marion County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mitchellville [Marion County].
Iowa
Polk County
This Mitchellville is located in Polk County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the north of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Mitchellville.
Kansas
Hamilton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mitchellville [Hamilton County].
Stanton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mitchellville [Stanton County].
Maryland
Prince George's County
This Mitchellville is located in Prince George's County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Mitchellville.
Missouri
Harrison County
This Mitchellville is located in Harrison County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Mitchellville.
Ontario
This Mitchellville lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
South Carolina
Jasper County
This Mitchellville is located in Jasper County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the east of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Mitchellville.
Tennessee
Sumner County
This Mitchellville is located in Sumner County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mitchellville that is located in Desha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Mitchellville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchellville ...
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.
Back Gate (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Back Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Mitchellville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mitchellville and extending to:
Arkansas City, which is the Seat of Desha County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mitchellville to Arkansas City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Mitchellville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mitchellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9054, Longitude: -91.4984 In this case, the coordinates for Mitchellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Mitchellville 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.
<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 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 Mitchellville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.61 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.741 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.175 degrees.