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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 Old Hickory, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Hickory and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Old Hickory:
    • 35.328236, -92.807193
    • 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 Old Hickory
  • 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 Old Hickory ...

We found three communities that share the name Old Hickory.

Within Arkansas, the name Old Hickory is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Old Hickory is located in Calvert County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Old Hickory that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Old Hickory.
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson 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 Mississippi community of Old Hickory [Simpson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Old Hickory is located in Davidson County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Old Hickory that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Old Hickory.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Hickory ...

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.

  • Buttermilk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttermilk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk
    • Buttermilk is located in Pope County
  • Economy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
    • Economy is located in Pope County
  • Gobblers Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gobblers Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobblers Point
    • Gobblers Point is located in Conway County
  • Happy Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Bend
    • Happy Bend is located in Pope County
  • Hickory Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
    • Hickory Hill is located in Conway County
  • Jerusalem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Jerusalem is located in Conway County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerusalem <4>
  • Lone Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Grove
    • Lone Grove is located in Conway County
  • Robertsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
    • Robertsville is located in Conway County
  • Wonderview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonderview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderview
    • Wonderview is located in Conway County

How Far From Old Hickory to ...

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 community such as Old Hickory to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Hickory and extending to:

  • Morrilton, which is the Seat of Conway County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Hickory to Morrilton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 901 miles [1,450 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Hickory. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Hickory) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Hickory. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3282, Longitude: -92.8072       In this case, the coordinates for Old Hickory 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 Old Hickory 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Old Hickory to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.576 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.052 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.509 degrees.




 

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