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 Shelbyville:
35.958962, -91.399578
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 Shelbyville
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 Sharp County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Shelbyville.
Within Arkansas, the name Shelbyville is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Shelby County
This Shelbyville is located in Shelby County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shelbyville.
Indiana
Shelby County
This Shelbyville is located in Shelby County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shelbyville.
Kentucky
Shelby County
This Shelbyville is located in Shelby County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shelbyville.
Michigan
Allegan County
This Shelbyville is located in Allegan County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Shelbyville.
Missouri
Shelby County
This Shelbyville is located in Shelby County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the north of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shelbyville.
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Shelbyville is located in Bedford County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the east of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Shelbyville.
Texas
Shelby County
This Shelbyville is located in Shelby County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Shelbyville that is located in Sharp County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Shelbyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shelbyville ...
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.
Amateur ‑ Historic (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Shelbyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shelbyville and extending to:
Ash Flat, which is the Seat of Sharp County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shelbyville to Ash Flat, 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,223 miles [8,405.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shelbyville) 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 Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9590, Longitude: -91.3996 In this case, the coordinates for Shelbyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.71 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.13 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.761 degrees.