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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 New Neely, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Neely 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 New Neely:
- 35.115920, -93.081285
- 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 New Neely
- 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Since New Neely is near Pope County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Conway 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 New Neely
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Neely ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cotton Town
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Divide ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Divide is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Fowler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fowler is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Holla Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Libby Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Libby Ferry is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Ferry
- Pontoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pontoon is located in Conway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoon
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Reeds Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
How Far From New Neely 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 New Neely to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Neely and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from New Neely to Little Rock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- New Neely) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 New Neely 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 New Neely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1159, Longitude: -93.0813 In this case, the coordinates for New Neely have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.737 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.211 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.668 degrees. |
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