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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 Sylvia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvia 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 Sylvia:
- 36.107850, -92.602386
- 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 Sylvia
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Sylvia is near Searcy County and also Baxter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter 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 Sylvia
Communities Also Named Sylvia ...
We found five communities that are also named Sylvia.
Within Arkansas, the name Sylvia is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Sylvia is located in Hillsborough County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sylvia that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sylvia.
- Kansas
- Reno County
- This Sylvia is located in Reno County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sylvia that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Sylvia.
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- This Sylvia is located in Dickson County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sylvia that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Sylvia.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Sylvia is located in Hidalgo County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sylvia that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Sylvia.
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sylvia [Roane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvia ...
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.
- Buffalo City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Evening Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evening Star is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Star
- Gilbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hand Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hand Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand Valley
- Harriet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Ralph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Rocky Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Rush ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Tomahawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Yellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Zack is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zack
How Far From Sylvia 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 Sylvia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Sylvia once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvia and extending to:
- Yellville, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sylvia to Yellville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,266 miles [8,474.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sylvia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sylvia 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Sylvia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sylvia 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 Sylvia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1078, Longitude: -92.6024 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.504 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.071 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.278 degrees. |
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