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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 Pauls Switch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pauls Switch 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 Pauls Switch:
- 35.952294, -90.825116
- 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 Pauls Switch
- 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 Craighead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Since Pauls Switch is near Lawrence County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Pauls Switch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pauls Switch ...
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.
- Bono
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorothy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dorothy is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Fiftysix
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fiftysix is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiftysix
- Herman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Herman is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- March ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- March is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
- Nemo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nemo is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Ponders
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ponders is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders
- Walnut Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Corner is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Corner
How Far From Pauls Switch to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pauls Switch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pauls Switch and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pauls Switch to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 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- Pauls Switch) 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 Pauls Switch 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 Pauls Switch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9523, Longitude: -90.8251 In this case, the coordinates for Pauls Switch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.505 degrees. |
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