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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 Sterling Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterling Springs 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 Sterling Springs:
- 35.923128, -90.702057
- 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 Sterling Springs
- 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 Craighead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead County
- Since Sterling Springs is near Greene County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Sterling Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterling Springs ...
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.
- Bono
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buck Snort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Snort is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Snort
- Dorothy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dorothy is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Ebenezer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Fiftysix
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fiftysix is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiftysix
- Finch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Goobertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goobertown is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goobertown
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Herman is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- March ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- March is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March
- Pauls Switch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pauls Switch is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Switch
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
How Far From Sterling Springs 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 Sterling Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sterling Springs and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sterling Springs to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 776 miles [1,248.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,195 miles [8,360.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sterling Springs) 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 Sterling Springs 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 Sterling Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9231, Longitude: -90.7021 In this case, the coordinates for Sterling Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.258 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.602 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.456 degrees. |
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