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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 Ouitaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ouitaville 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 Ouitaville:
- 35.302862, -93.170453
- 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 Ouitaville
- 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since Ouitaville is near Yell County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Ouitaville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ouitaville ...
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.
- Delaware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Famous ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Famous is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Famous
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hickeytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickeytown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickeytown
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- London
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mars Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Prosperity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
How Far From Ouitaville 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 Ouitaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ouitaville and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Ouitaville to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,449 miles [11,988 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,327 miles [8,573 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 '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- Ouitaville) 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 Ouitaville 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 Ouitaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3029, Longitude: -93.1705 In this case, the coordinates for Ouitaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.323 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.677 degrees. |
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