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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 Oxley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oxley 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 Oxley:
- 35.842298, -92.457104
- 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 Oxley
- 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Since Oxley is near Stone County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Oxley
Communities Also Named Oxley ...
We found three communities that are also named Oxley.
Within Arkansas, the name Oxley is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Blaine County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Oxley [Blaine County].
- Ontario
- This Oxley lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Oxley that is located in Searcy County.
- Washington
- Lewis County
- This Oxley is located in Lewis County and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km]<2> to the northwest of the Oxley that is located in Searcy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Oxley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxley ...
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.
- Barren Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barren Hollow is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Hollow
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Flag
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flag is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Half Moon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Half Moon is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Harness
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harness is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harness
- Leslie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- May ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- May is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Mozart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mozart is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Noahs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Noahs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noahs
- Plant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Plant is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Rock Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
How Far From Oxley 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 Oxley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oxley and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oxley to Marshall, with an average speed<4> 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 76 miles [122.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,272 miles [8,484.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Oxley 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Oxley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Oxley 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 Oxley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8423, Longitude: -92.4571 In this case, the coordinates for Oxley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.389 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.902 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.26 degrees. |
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