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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 Self, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Self 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 Self:
- 36.398123, -93.108233
- 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 Self
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Self is near Taney County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taney 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 Self
Communities Also Named Self ...
We found two communities that are also named Self.
Within Arkansas, the name Self is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Stone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Self [Stone County].
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Self [Edgefield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Self ...
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.
- Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crest is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Cricket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cricket is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket
- Elixir ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elixir is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elixir
- Francis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Francis is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lick Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lick Branch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Branch
- Oregon ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Ridgedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shaver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shaver is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver
- Wooden Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wooden Hills is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Hills
How Far From Self 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 Self to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Self and extending to:
- Harrison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Self to Harrison, with an average speed<4> 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 894 miles [1,438.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,393 miles [11,897.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Self could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Self) 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 Self 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 Self. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3981, Longitude: -93.1082 In this case, the coordinates for Self have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.521 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.458 degrees. |
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