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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 Whites Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whites Ferry and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Whites Ferry:
    • 36.330901, -92.542941
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Whites Ferry
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Whites Ferry ...

We found five communities that share the name Whites Ferry.

Within Arkansas, the name Whites Ferry is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • This Whites Ferry is located in Jackson County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Whites Ferry that is located in Baxter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Whites Ferry.
      • Sumter County
      • Although located in Sumter County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Whites Ferry.
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • This Whites Ferry is located in Fulton County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Whites Ferry that is located in Baxter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Whites Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Whites Ferry is located in Hinds County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Whites Ferry that is located in Baxter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Whites Ferry.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whites Ferry [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whites Ferry ...

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.

  • Amos
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
    • Amos is located in Baxter County
  • Bull Shoals
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Shoals
    • Bull Shoals is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bull Shoals <4>
  • Gassville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gassville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassville
    • Gassville is located in Baxter County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,173 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gassville <4>
  • Independence ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Baxter County
  • Kingdom Springs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Springs
    • Kingdom Springs is located in Marion County
  • Lakeview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Baxter County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeview <4>
  • Monkey Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkey Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
    • Monkey Run is located in Baxter County
  • Stone ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
    • Stone is located in Marion County

How Far From Whites Ferry 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 Whites Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whites Ferry and extending to:

  • Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies just to the East.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Whites Ferry to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>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 865 miles [1,392.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,640 miles [10,686 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,374 miles [11,867.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,253 miles [8,453.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whites Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baxter County: www.baxtercounty.org/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whites Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whites Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3309, Longitude: -92.5429       In this case, the coordinates for Whites Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Whites Ferry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Whites Ferry to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.482 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.075 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.211 degrees.




 

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