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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 Mundell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mundell 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 Mundell:
- 36.366739, -93.866863
- 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 Mundell
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Mundell is near Benton County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Mundell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mundell ...
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.
- Bland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bland is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Lost Bridge Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Bridge Village is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Bridge Village
- Pine Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Top is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Vista Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vista Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Shores
- Walnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Mundell to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mundell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Mundell once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mundell and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mundell to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,425 miles [11,949.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Mundell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mundell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mundell 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 Mundell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3667, Longitude: -93.8669 In this case, the coordinates for Mundell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.36 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.099 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.816 degrees. |
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