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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 Wild Cherry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wild Cherry 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 Wild Cherry:
- 36.263956, -92.056819
- 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 Wild Cherry
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Wild Cherry is near Izard County and also Baxter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter 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 Wild Cherry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wild Cherry ...
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.
- Covey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Covey is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey
- Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Elizabeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forty Four
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forty Four is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Four
- Hand ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hand is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Holiday Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mitchell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Woods Point Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woods Point Landing is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Point Landing
How Far From Wild Cherry to ...
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 Wild Cherry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wild Cherry and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wild Cherry to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,236 miles [8,426.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wild Cherry) 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 Wild Cherry 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 Wild Cherry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2640, Longitude: -92.0568 In this case, the coordinates for Wild Cherry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.159 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.691 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.001 degrees. |
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