Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stelltown:
  • 34.046773, -93.549348
  • 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 Stelltown

• 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
  • Since Stelltown is near Clark County and also Hempstead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead 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 Stelltown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stelltown ...

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.

• Billstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Billstown is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
• Delight
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Delight is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delight <1>
• Elk ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Elk is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
• Hopewell ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hopewell is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Maxwell ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Maxwell is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Pike City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pike City is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
• Pike Junction
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pike Junction is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
• Piney Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Piney Grove is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
• Stanley ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanley is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stelltown and extending to:

• Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the West.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Stelltown to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 974 miles [1,567.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,525 miles [12,110.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,402 miles [8,693.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'