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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 Welchs Shop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Welchs Shop 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 Welchs Shop:
- 34.021489, -92.661272
- 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 Welchs Shop
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Welchs Shop is near Grant County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Welchs Shop
Curious and Interesting Names Near Welchs Shop ...
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.
- Bunn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bunn is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carthage is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Ivy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Nix ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nix is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Round Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Round Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Tulip
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tulip is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Wave
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wave is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wave
- Willow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
How Far From Welchs Shop 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 Welchs Shop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Welchs Shop once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Welchs Shop and extending to:
- Fordyce, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Welchs Shop to Fordyce, 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 6 hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,366 miles [8,635.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Welchs Shop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welchs Shop) 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 Welchs Shop 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 Welchs Shop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0215, Longitude: -92.6613 In this case, the coordinates for Welchs Shop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.365 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.635 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.66 degrees. |
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