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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Puryear:
34.790381, -94.426332
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We found one communities that are also named Puryear.
Within Arkansas, the name Puryear is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Puryear in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Tennessee
Henry County
This Puryear is located in Henry County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Puryear that is located in Scott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Puryear.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Puryear ...
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.
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 Puryear to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Puryear and extending to:
Waldron, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Puryear to Waldron, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the east (E). 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 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,524 miles [12,108.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,403 miles [8,695.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Puryear) 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 Puryear 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 Puryear. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7904, Longitude: -94.4263 In this case, the coordinates for Puryear have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.591 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.164 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.327 degrees.