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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 Rose Bud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rose Bud 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 Rose Bud:
- 35.331652, -92.080871
- 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 Rose Bud
- 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Since Rose Bud is near Cleburne County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Rose Bud
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose Bud ...
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.
- Barney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barney is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Enders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Joy is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Price Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Price Ford is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ford
- Quitman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Romance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turnip ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Turnip is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip
How Far From Rose Bud 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 town such as Rose Bud to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rose Bud and extending to:
- Searcy, which is the Seat of White County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rose Bud to Searcy, with an average speed<3> 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 863 miles [1,388.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,403 miles [11,914 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,280 miles [8,497.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Rose Bud) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rose Bud 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 Rose Bud. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3317, Longitude: -92.0809 In this case, the coordinates for Rose Bud have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.104 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.182 degrees. |
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