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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 Pee Dee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pee Dee 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 Pee Dee:
    • 35.605078, -92.416824
    • 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 Pee Dee
  • 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 Van Buren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
    • Since Pee Dee is near Stone County and also Cleburne 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 Cleburne 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 Pee Dee

Communities Also Named Pee Dee ...

We found four communities that are also named Pee Dee.

Within Arkansas, the name Pee Dee is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Anson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pee Dee [Anson County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Pee Dee is located in Montgomery County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the east of the Pee Dee that is located in Van Buren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pee Dee.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Pee Dee [Florence County].
      • Marion County
      • This Pee Dee is located in Marion County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<2> to the east of the Pee Dee that is located in Van Buren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Pee Dee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pee Dee ...

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.

  • Butter Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Butter Creek is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butter Creek
  • Buzzard Roost ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Buzzard Roost is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzard Roost
  • Choctaw
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Choctaw is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • Choctaw Pines
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Choctaw Pines is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Pines
  • Crabtree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Green Tree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
  • Plant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Plant is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
  • Poe ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Poe is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Settlement ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Settlement is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
  • Shake Rag ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shake Rag is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake Rag
  • Walnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Pee Dee 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 Pee Dee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pee Dee and extending to:

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Van Buren County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Pee Dee to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 874 miles [1,406.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,281 miles [8,498.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pee Dee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Pee Dee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Pee Dee 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.
<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 Pee Dee 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 Pee Dee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6051, Longitude: -92.4168       In this case, the coordinates for Pee Dee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.344 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.819 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.284 degrees.