Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Slicker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slicker and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Slicker

• 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 Slicker:
  • 35.877021, -92.834890
  • 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 Slicker

• 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
  • Since Slicker is near Newton County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Slicker

Curious and Interesting Names Near Slicker ...

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.

• Bass
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bass is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
• Cave Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave Creek is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
• Dickey Junction
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dickey Junction is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Junction
• Dry Creek ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Dry Creek is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
• Hall ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hall is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
• Horn Mountain ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Horn Mountain is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Mountain
• Magic Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Magic Springs is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic Springs
• Push
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Push is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Push
• Roughedge Ford
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Roughedge Ford is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roughedge Ford
• Silver Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Hill is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
• Snowball
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Snowball is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
• Welcome Home
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Welcome Home is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome Home

How Far From Slicker 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 community such as Slicker to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Slicker once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Slicker and extending to:

• Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Slicker to Marshall, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,286 miles [8,507 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'