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 Ulm:
34.576277, -91.461711
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.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Montana
Cascade County
This Ulm is located in Cascade County and lies 1,363 miles [2,193.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ulm that is located in Prairie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Ulm.
Wyoming
Sheridan County
This Ulm is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ulm that is located in Prairie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Ulm.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ulm ...
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.
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 town such as Ulm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ulm and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ulm to Little Rock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,289 miles [8,511.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ulm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Ulm 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 Ulm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5763, Longitude: -91.4617 In this case, the coordinates for Ulm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.644 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.87 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.043 degrees.