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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 Whitton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitton 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 Whitton:
- 35.511313, -90.268603
- 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 Whitton
- 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Since Whitton is near Poinsett County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Whitton
Communities Also Named Whitton ...
We found three communities that are also named Whitton.
Within Arkansas, the name Whitton is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess County
- This Whitton is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the north of the Whitton that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Whitton.
- Tennessee
- Hardin 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 Tennessee community of Whitton [Hardin County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- This Whitton is located in Van Zandt County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Whitton that is located in Mississippi County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Whitton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitton ...
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.
- Birdsong
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deckerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deckerville is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckerville
- Dimple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dimple is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
- Dub
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dub is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dub
- Frenchmans Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frys Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frys Mill is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frys Mill
- Joiner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spear Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spear Lake is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spear Lake
- Stacy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stacy is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
How Far From Whitton 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 Whitton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitton and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Whitton 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 763 miles [1,227.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,320 miles [11,780.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,196 miles [8,362.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Whitton 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> | 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 Whitton 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 Whitton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5113, Longitude: -90.2686 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.953 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.193 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.346 degrees. |
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