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 Watkins Corner:
34.468712, -90.955948
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 Watkins Corner
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 Phillips County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Watkins Corner.
Within Arkansas, the name Watkins Corner is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Virginia
Brunswick County
This Watkins Corner is located in Brunswick County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Watkins Corner that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Watkins Corner.
Southampton County
This Watkins Corner is located in Southampton County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km] to the east northeast of the Watkins Corner that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Watkins Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watkins Corner ...
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.
Cowpens ‑ Historic (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Watkins Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Watkins Corner and extending to:
Helena, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Watkins Corner to Helena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,397 miles [11,904.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watkins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Watkins Corner 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 Watkins Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4687, Longitude: -90.9559 In this case, the coordinates for Watkins Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.313 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.471 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.843 degrees.