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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 Joe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Joe 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 Old Joe:
- 36.174514, -92.231544
- 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 Old Joe
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since Old Joe is near Izard County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Old Joe
Communities Also Named Old Joe ...
We found one communities that are also named Old Joe.
Within Arkansas, the name Old Joe is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Old Joe in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Old Joe is located in Berkeley County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Old Joe that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Old Joe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Joe ...
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.
- Advance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Advance is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Berry ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Berry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Covey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Covey is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Hand ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hand is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jordan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Salesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Heights is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Heights
- Sycamore Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Spring is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
- Woods Point Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woods Point Landing is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Point Landing
How Far From Old Joe 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 Joe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Joe and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old Joe to Mountain Home, with an average speed<3> 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,247 miles [8,444.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Joe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Joe 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 Old Joe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1745, Longitude: -92.2315 In this case, the coordinates for Old Joe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.804 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.097 degrees. |
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