Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pea Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pea Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pea Ridge
- 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 Pea Ridge:
- 33.921406, -91.338345
- 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 Pea Ridge
- 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 Desha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Desha County
- Since Pea Ridge is near Arkansas County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Arkansas County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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
Communities Also Named Pea Ridge ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Pea Ridge.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Pea Ridge.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pea Ridge [DeKalb County].
- Escambia County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Escambia County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Pea Ridge.
- Fayette County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Fayette County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Pea Ridge.
- Madison County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Madison County and lies 274 miles [441 km] to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pea Ridge.
- Marion County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Marion County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the east of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pea Ridge.
- Shelby County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Shelby County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Pea Ridge.
- Kentucky
- Estill County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Estill County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Pea Ridge.
- Fleming County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Fleming County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km] to the northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Pea Ridge.
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pea Ridge [Scott County].
- Todd County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pea Ridge [Todd County].
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Polk County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Polk County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Pea Ridge.
- Washington County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pea Ridge.
- Yadkin County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Yadkin County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Pea Ridge.
- Tennessee
- Clay County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Clay County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Pea Ridge.
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pea Ridge [DeKalb County].
- Lawrence County
- This Pea Ridge is located in Lawrence County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the east northeast of the Pea Ridge that is located in Desha County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Pea Ridge.
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pea Ridge ...
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.
- Back Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Bicker Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bicker Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicker Crossing
- Bicker Crossing is located in Lincoln County
- Burr Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr Crossing
- Burr Crossing is located in Arkansas County
- Fish Dock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Lacy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Littles ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pickens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Red Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Reedville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Pea Ridge 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 Pea Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pea Ridge and extending to:
- Arkansas City, which is the Seat of Desha County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pea Ridge to Arkansas City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,439 miles [11,971.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pea Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Pea Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pea Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9214, Longitude: -91.3383 |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pea Ridge 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Pea Ridge 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 316.51 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.626 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.104 degrees. |