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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 Post Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Post Oak and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Post Oak:
    • 35.572300, -92.177097
    • 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 Post Oak
  • 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Since Post Oak is near Van Buren County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Post Oak

Communities Also Named Post Oak ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Post Oak.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Post Oak.

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

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Ashley County
      • This Post Oak is located in Ashley County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Post Oak.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Post Oak is located in Calhoun County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Post Oak.
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • This Post Oak is located in Catoosa County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the east of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Post Oak.
    • Illinois
      • Fayette County
      • This Post Oak is located in Fayette County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Post Oak.
    • Missouri
      • Johnson County
      • This Post Oak is located in Johnson County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Post Oak.
    • Oklahoma
      • Carter County
      • This Post Oak is located in Carter County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Post Oak.
    • Tennessee
      • Benton County
      • This Post Oak is located in Benton County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the east of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Post Oak.
      • Putnam County
      • This Post Oak is located in Putnam County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km] to the east of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Post Oak.
    • Texas
      • Blanco County
      • This Post Oak is located in Blanco County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Post Oak.
      • Delta County
      • This Post Oak is located in Delta County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Post Oak.
      • Fannin County
      • This Post Oak is located in Fannin County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the west southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Post Oak.
      • Houston County
      • This Post Oak is located in Houston County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km] to the southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Post Oak.
      • Lamar County
      • This Post Oak is located in Lamar County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km] to the southwest of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Post Oak.
      • Lee County
      • Although located in Lee County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Post Oak.
      • Robertson County
      • Although located in Robertson County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Post Oak.
    • Virginia
      • Spotsylvania County
      • This Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Post Oak that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spotsylvania County community of Post Oak.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Post Oak ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Brewer is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Chalk ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chalk is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
  • Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Everett ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Kinderhook ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinderhook is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
  • Lone Pine
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lone Pine is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Lower Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Ferry is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
  • Poe ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Poe is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Settlement ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Settlement is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlement
  • Sulphur Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Sunny Slope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunny Slope is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
  • Whispering Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Whispering Springs is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Springs

How Far From Post Oak 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 Post Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Heber Springs, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Post Oak to Heber Springs, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 862 miles [1,387.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • 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).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Post Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Post Oak 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 Post Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5723, Longitude: -92.1771       In this case, the coordinates for Post Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.186 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.631 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.182 degrees.