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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 Sunny Slope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Slope and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sunny Slope:
    • 35.630077, -92.142652
    • 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 Sunny Slope
  • 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Since Sunny Slope is near Van Buren County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Sunny Slope

Communities Also Named Sunny Slope ...

We found six communities that are also named Sunny Slope.

Within Arkansas, the name Sunny Slope is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sunny Slope [Sumner County].
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sunny Slope [Jackson County].
    • Ontario
      • This Sunny Slope lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sunny Slope that is located in Cleburne County.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This Sunny Slope is located in Cannon County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<2> to the east of the Sunny Slope that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Sunny Slope.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Sunny Slope is located in Davis County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sunny Slope that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Sunny Slope.
      • Weber County
      • This Sunny Slope is located in Weber County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km] to the west northwest of the Sunny Slope that is located in Cleburne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Sunny Slope.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Slope ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brewer is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Chalk ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chalk is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
  • Everett ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Kinderhook ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinderhook is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
  • Lone Pine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lone Pine is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Lower Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lower Ferry is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
  • Poe ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Poe is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Post Oak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Post Oak is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
  • Whispering Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Whispering Springs is located in Cleburne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Springs

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

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

  • Heber Springs, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Slope to Heber Springs, 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 61 miles [98.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,269 miles [8,479.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sunny Slope 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Slope) 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 Sunny Slope 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 Sunny Slope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6301, Longitude: -92.1427       In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Slope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.168 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.617 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.156 degrees.