Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Welcome Home:
  • 35.765356, -92.772666
  • 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 Welcome Home

• 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 Searcy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
  • Since Welcome Home is near Pope County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Welcome Home

Curious and Interesting Names Near Welcome Home ...

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.

• Ben Hur
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Ben Hur is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
• Booster
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Booster is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booster
• Chimes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chimes is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimes
• Dickey Junction
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dickey Junction is located in Newton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Junction
• Dry Creek ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dry Creek is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
• Magic Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Magic Springs is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic Springs
• Raspberry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Raspberry is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raspberry
• Rocky Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
• Slicker ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Slicker is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slicker
• Snowball
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Snowball is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowball
• Zion Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hill is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Welcome Home 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 Welcome Home to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Welcome Home and extending to:

• Marshall, which is the Seat of Searcy County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Welcome Home to Marshall, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,410 miles [11,925.2 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>'