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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 Sweet Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweet Home 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 Sweet Home:
    • 34.686481, -92.242371
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sweet Home
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Sweet Home ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Sweet Home.

There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Sweet Home.

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

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Perry County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Perry County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Sweet Home.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Talladega County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Sweet Home.
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sweet Home [Jo Daviess County].
    • Indiana
      • Saint Joseph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sweet Home [Saint Joseph County].
    • Kansas
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sweet Home [Smith County].
    • Louisiana
      • Assumption Parish
      • This Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Sweet Home.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sweet Home [Iredell County].
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Linn County and lies 1,742 miles [2,803.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Sweet Home.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Dickson County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Sweet Home.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Guadalupe County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Sweet Home.
      • Lavaca County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the southwest of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lavaca County community of Sweet Home.
      • Lee County
      • This Sweet Home is located in Lee County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the southwest of the Sweet Home that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Sweet Home.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweet Home ...

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.

  • Charity ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
    • Charity is located in Pulaski County
  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
  • Deer Meadow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
    • Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
  • Dixie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
    • Dixie is located in Pulaski County
  • Fairman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
    • Fairman is located in Pulaski County
  • Gum Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
    • Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
  • Hot Springs Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Junction
    • Hot Springs Junction is located in Pulaski County
  • Landmark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
    • Landmark is located in Pulaski County
    • Landmark has also been known as:
    • Parkers - Iron Springs
  • Little Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Meadowcliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
    • Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
  • Park Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
    • Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
  • Pecan Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pecan Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
      • Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
    • Ponderosa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponderosa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
      • Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
    • Rose City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
      • Rose City is located in Pulaski County
    • Rosedale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Rosedale is located in Pulaski County
    • Rusty Pines
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rusty Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
      • Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
    • Skylark
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skylark have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylark
      • Skylark is located in Pulaski County
    • Timber Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
      • Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
    • Woodland Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
      • Woodland Ridge is located in Pulaski County
    • Woodyardville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodyardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyardville
      • Woodyardville is located in Pulaski County

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

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

  • Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sweet Home to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,712 miles [10,801.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sweet Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pulaski County: www.co.pulaski.ar.us/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

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- Sweet Home) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweet Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6865, Longitude: -92.2424       In this case, the coordinates for Sweet Home have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Sweet Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Sweet Home 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Sweet Home to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.155 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.478 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.366 degrees.




 

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