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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 Pine Knot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Knot 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 Pine Knot:
- 36.027362, -90.596642
- 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 Pine Knot
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Pine Knot is near Craighead County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Pine Knot
Communities Also Named Pine Knot ...
We found two communities that are also named Pine Knot.
Within Arkansas, the name Pine Knot is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- McCreary County
- This Pine Knot is located in McCreary County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the east of the Pine Knot that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCreary County community of Pine Knot.
- Whitley 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 Pine Knot [Whitley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Knot ...
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.
- Camp Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Ground is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Commissary ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Commissary is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary
- Cotton Belt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Belt is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Belt
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Finch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goobertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goobertown is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goobertown
- Green High
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green High is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green High
- Light
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Rock Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Twin Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Unity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Unity is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Pine Knot 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 Pine Knot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Knot and extending to:
- Paragould, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Knot 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 768 miles [1,236 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 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pine Knot) 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 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 Pine Knot 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 Pine Knot 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 Pine Knot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0274, Longitude: -90.5966 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.197 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.545 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.389 degrees. |
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