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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 Peach Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard:
- 36.278551, -90.663303
- 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 Peach Orchard
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Peach Orchard is near Greene County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Peach Orchard
Communities Also Named Peach Orchard ...
We found seven communities that are also named Peach Orchard.
Within Arkansas, the name Peach Orchard is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Alachua County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Peach Orchard.
- Georgia
- Richmond 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 Georgia community of Peach Orchard [Richmond County].
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Peach Orchard.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Peach Orchard.
- Talbot County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Talbot County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the east northeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Peach Orchard.
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Peach Orchard.
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- This Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Peach Orchard that is located in Clay County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Peach Orchard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach Orchard ...
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.
- Biggers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Biggers Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggers Ferry
- Black Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Jack is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Cache Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cache Lake is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
- Case
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Case is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
- Evening Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evening Star is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Star
- Heelstring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Heelstring is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heelstring
- Hooker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Stonewall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Peach Orchard 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 city such as Peach Orchard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peach Orchard and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Peach Orchard to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,300 miles [11,748.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Peach Orchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Peach Orchard 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> | 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 Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2786, Longitude: -90.6633 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.256 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.647 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.368 degrees. |
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