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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 Onda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onda 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 Onda:
- 35.866041, -94.291796
- 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 Onda
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Onda is near Crawford County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adair 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 Onda
Curious and Interesting Names Near Onda ...
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.
- Anna ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Clyde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Floss
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Floss is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floss
- Greenland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hogeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hogeye is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogeye
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Skylight
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stop is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
- Walnut Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Onda 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 Onda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Onda and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Onda to Fayetteville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 138 miles [222.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,466 miles [12,015.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,347 miles [8,605.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Onda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Onda 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 Onda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8660, Longitude: -94.2918 In this case, the coordinates for Onda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.601 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.096 degrees. |
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