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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 Three Brothers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Three Brothers 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 Three Brothers:
- 36.452566, -92.465717
- 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 Three Brothers
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since Three Brothers is near Marion County and also Ozark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ozark 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 Three Brothers
Communities Also Named Three Brothers ...
We found one communities that are also named Three Brothers.
Within Arkansas, the name Three Brothers is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Three Brothers in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Charles County
- This Three Brothers is located in Charles County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Three Brothers that is located in Baxter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Three Brothers.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Three Brothers ...
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.
- Amos
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Bull Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fawn Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fawn Park is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Park
- Fay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fay is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
- Howards Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howards Ridge is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Ridge
- Independence ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Independence is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Locust is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Mammoth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mammoth is located in Ozark County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
- Monkey Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Monkey Run is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Mountain Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Price Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Price Place is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Place
How Far From Three Brothers 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 Three Brothers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Three Brothers and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Three Brothers to Mountain Home, with an average speed<3> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 858 miles [1,380.8 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 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,244 miles [8,439.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Three Brothers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Three Brothers 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 Three Brothers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4526, Longitude: -92.4657 In this case, the coordinates for Three Brothers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.44 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.042 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.153 degrees. |
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