Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Old Piney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Piney and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Old Piney
- 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 Piney:
- 33.644275, -91.640405
- 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 Piney
- 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 Drew County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Drew County
- Since Old Piney is near Lincoln County and also Desha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- eBird sighting report for Desha 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Piney ...
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.
- Cominto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Florence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Jade ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Jeter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Jordan ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Paradise ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Reed
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Reed Settlement ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Settlement
- Reed Settlement is located in Drew County
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Rough and Ready ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rough and Ready have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Rough and Ready is located in Drew County
- Scrouge Out ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scrouge Out have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrouge Out
- Scrouge Out is located in Drew County
How Far From Old Piney 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 Old Piney 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 Old Piney once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Piney and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Drew County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Old Piney to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Old Piney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Piney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Piney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6443, Longitude: -91.6404 In this case, the coordinates for Old Piney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Old Piney to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.677 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.784 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.28 degrees. |