Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wafers Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wafers Crossing and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wafers Crossing

• 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 Wafers Crossing:
  • 33.636230, -93.696291
  • 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 Wafers Crossing

• 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 Hempstead County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
  • Since Wafers Crossing is near Miller County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Wafers Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wafers Crossing ...

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.

• Clipper
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clipper is located in Miller County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
• Crossroads
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Crossroads is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Dave
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Dave is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dave
• Evening Shade
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Evening Shade is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
• Green Acres
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Green Acres is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
• Guernsey
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Guernsey is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
• Hope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hope is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
• Perrytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
• Powers
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Powers is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
• Rocky Mound
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Mound is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
• Thrasher ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Thrasher is located in Hempstead County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrasher

How Far From Wafers Crossing 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 Wafers Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wafers Crossing and extending to:

• Hope, which is the Seat of Hempstead County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wafers Crossing to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,550 miles [12,150.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,427 miles [8,733.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'