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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 Skylark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skylark 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 Skylark:
- 34.658426, -92.360431
- 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 Skylark
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Skylark is near Saline County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Skylark
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skylark ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Deer Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
- Gum Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Mabelvale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadowcliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Pecan Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
- Ponderosa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rusty Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Terrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Terrytown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Woodland Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
How Far From Skylark to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Skylark to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skylark and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Skylark to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,323 miles [8,566.5 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 '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- Skylark) 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 Skylark 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 Skylark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6584, Longitude: -92.3604 In this case, the coordinates for Skylark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.229 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.56 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.423 degrees. |
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