Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Okay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Okay and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Okay
- 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 Okay:
- 33.767619, -93.924076
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Okay
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Okay is near Sevier County and also Hempstead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sevier County
- eBird sighting report for Hempstead 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Okay ...
We found five communities that share the name Okay.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Okay.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Grant County
- Pope County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Okay ...
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.
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <5>
- Cornhill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Dave
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Jacks Isle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacks Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Isle
- Jacks Isle is located in Little River County
- Long
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Mineral Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Howard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral Springs <5>
- Red Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Stokers Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stokers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokers Ferry
- Stokers Ferry is located in Hempstead County
- Thrasher ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Yancy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Okay 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 Okay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Okay and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Okay to Nashville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,430 miles [8,738.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Okay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Okay 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> | 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 Okay, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Okay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Okay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7676, Longitude: -93.9241 In this case, the coordinates for Okay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Okay to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.159 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.527 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.254 degrees. |