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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 Plumlee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plumlee 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 Plumlee:
- 36.054243, -93.282124
- 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 Plumlee
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Plumlee is near Boone County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Plumlee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plumlee ...
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.
- Allfriend ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Allfriend is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allfriend
- Diamond Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Cave is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Cave
- Dogpatch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dogpatch is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogpatch
- Flatwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flatwoods is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- George is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
- Hill Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hill Top is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Jasper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Buffalo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Buffalo is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buffalo
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Murray is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Parthenon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Bank is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
How Far From Plumlee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Plumlee 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<2> community of Plumlee once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plumlee and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Plumlee to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 910 miles [1,464.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,296 miles [8,523.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Plumlee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Plumlee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Plumlee 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 Plumlee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0542, Longitude: -93.2821 In this case, the coordinates for Plumlee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.947 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.579 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.599 degrees. |
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