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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 Thola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thola 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 Thola:
- 35.886742, -92.429326
- 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 Thola
- 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
- Since Thola is near Stone County and also Baxter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Thola
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thola ...
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.
- Barren Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barren Hollow is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barren Hollow
- Big Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elba is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Flag
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flag is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Half Moon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Half Moon is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Harness
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harness is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harness
- Harriet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lone Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- May ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- May is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Mozart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mozart is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Noahs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Noahs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noahs
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
How Far From Thola 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 Thola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thola and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Thola to Marshall, 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 79 miles [127.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,659 miles [10,716.6 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Thola) 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 Thola 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 Thola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8867, Longitude: -92.4293 In this case, the coordinates for Thola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.891 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.24 degrees. |
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