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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 Wona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wona 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 Wona:
- 33.391237, -93.959629
- 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 Wona
- 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Since Wona is near Bowie County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Wona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wona ...
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.
- Boggy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boggy is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
- Domino
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Domino is located in Cass County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Gertrude
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gertrude is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
- Hartman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hartman is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Hoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoot is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot
- Index
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Index is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Jonesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Line Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Line Ferry is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Ferry
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mound is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Sulphur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur is located in Bowie County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Wake Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Wona 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 Wona 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<2> community of Wona once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wona and extending to:
- Texarkana, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wona to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Wona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wona 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 Wona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3912, Longitude: -93.9596 In this case, the coordinates for Wona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.142 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.458 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.324 degrees. |
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