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 Point Comfort:
33.459281, -91.165666
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 Point Comfort
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 Chicot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Point Comfort.
Within Arkansas, the name Point Comfort is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Quebec
This Point Comfort lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Point Comfort that is located in Chicot County.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the east of the Point Comfort that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Point Comfort.
Texas
Calhoun County
This Point Comfort is located in Calhoun County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Point Comfort that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Point Comfort.
Wisconsin
Winnebago County
This Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the north of the Point Comfort that is located in Chicot County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Point Comfort.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Comfort ...
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.
Cold Springs ‑ Historic (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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 Point Comfort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point Comfort and extending to:
Lake Village, which is the Seat of Chicot County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Point Comfort to Lake Village, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,453 miles [11,994.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,328 miles [8,574.6 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- Point Comfort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Point Comfort 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 Point Comfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4593, Longitude: -91.1657 In this case, the coordinates for Point Comfort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.36 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.39 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.109 degrees.