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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 Steve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steve 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 Steve:
- 34.870648, -93.322130
- 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 Steve
- 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 Yell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Since Steve is near Perry County and also Garland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garland 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 Steve
Curious and Interesting Names Near Steve ...
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.
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fannie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fannie is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannie
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mickles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mickles is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickles
- Onyx
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Onyx is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx
- Plainview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shark is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Wing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wing is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
How Far From Steve 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 Steve to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Steve and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Steve to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 939 miles [1,511.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,476 miles [12,031.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,353 miles [8,614.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Steve) 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 Steve 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 Steve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8706, Longitude: -93.3221 In this case, the coordinates for Steve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.873 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.337 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.816 degrees. |
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