Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pekin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pekin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pekin
- 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 Pekin:
- 35.738133, -92.362657
- 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 Pekin
- 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 Stone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stone County
- Since Pekin is near Van Buren County and also Searcy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- eBird sighting report for Searcy 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 Pekin ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Pekin.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Pekin.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Morgan County
- This Pekin is located in Morgan County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Pekin.
- Rowan 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 Kentucky community of Pekin [Rowan County].
- Maryland
- Nebraska
- New York
- Niagara County
- This Pekin is located in Niagara County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Pekin.
- Oswego County
- This Pekin is located in Oswego County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km] to the northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Pekin.
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- This Pekin is located in Carroll County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Pekin.
- Jefferson County
- This Pekin is located in Jefferson County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the east northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pekin.
- Medina County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Medina County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Pekin.
- Stark County
- This community is historic and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Pekin.
- Warren County
- This Pekin is located in Warren County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east northeast of the Pekin that is located in Stone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pekin.
- Tennessee
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pekin ...
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.
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Flag
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Fox
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Half Moon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Harness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Kinderhook ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinderhook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Kinderhook is located in Van Buren County
- Mozart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Poe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Rushing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Settlement ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
- Settlement is located in Van Buren County
- Turkey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Turkey Creek is located in Stone County
How Far From Pekin 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 Pekin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Pekin once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pekin and extending to:
- Mountain View, which is the Seat of Stone County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pekin to Mountain View, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,395 miles [11,901.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Pekin, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pekin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7381, Longitude: -92.3627 In this case, the coordinates for Pekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Pekin 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pekin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.808 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.236 degrees. |