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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 Pecan Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan Lake 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 Pecan Lake:
- 34.698426, -92.377932
- 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 Pecan Lake
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Pecan Lake is near Saline County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Pecan Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan Lake ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Deer Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
- Douglas Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Douglas Corner is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Corner
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Mabelvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadowcliff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Ponderosa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rusty Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Skylark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Skylark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylark
How Far From Pecan Lake 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 Pecan Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pecan Lake and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pecan Lake to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,445 miles [11,981.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pecan Lake) 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 Pecan Lake 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 Pecan Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6984, Longitude: -92.3779 In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.244 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.424 degrees. |
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