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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 Stacy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stacy 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 Stacy:
    • 35.678412, -90.570941
    • 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 Stacy
  • 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 Poinsett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
    • Since Stacy is near Craighead County and also Cross County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross 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 Stacy

Communities Also Named Stacy ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Stacy.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Stacy.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Crittenden County
      • This Stacy is located in Crittenden County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Stacy.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • This Stacy is located in Lassen County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Stacy.
    • Kentucky
      • Perry County
      • This Stacy is located in Perry County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Stacy.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Stacy is located in Concordia Parish and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Stacy.
    • Minnesota
      • Chisago County
      • This Stacy is located in Chisago County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the north of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Stacy.
    • Montana
      • Custer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Stacy [Custer County].
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Stacy is located in Carteret County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the east of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Stacy.
      • Rockingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stacy [Rockingham County].
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stacy [Harrison County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Stacy is located in Hawkins County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the east of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Stacy.
    • Texas
      • McCulloch County
      • This Stacy is located in McCulloch County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Stacy.
    • Virginia
      • Buchanan County
      • This Stacy is located in Buchanan County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stacy that is located in Poinsett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Stacy.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stacy ...

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.

  • Buffalolick ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buffalolick is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalolick
  • Davis Spur
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis Spur is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Spur
  • Elm Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elm Grove is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Hatchie Coon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
  • Huskey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Huskey is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huskey
  • Judd Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Judd Hill is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd Hill
  • Longwill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwill is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwill
  • Maple Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Maple Grove is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Promised Land
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Promised Land is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Shady Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Shady Grove is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Walnut Grove Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Grove Corner is located in Poinsett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Corner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stacy and extending to:

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Poinsett County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stacy to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,325 miles [11,788.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Stacy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stacy 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stacy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Stacy 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 Stacy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6784, Longitude: -90.5709       In this case, the coordinates for Stacy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.157 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.453 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.446 degrees.