Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wright, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wright and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wright
- 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 Wright:
- 34.162880, -93.537684
- 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 Wright
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Wright is near Clark County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wright ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Wright.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Wright.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 32 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Wright lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Letcher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wright [Letcher County].
- Muhlenberg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wright [Muhlenberg County].
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wright [Gratiot County].
- Ottawa County
- This Wright is located in Ottawa County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Wright.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Quebec
- This Wright lies 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Lake County
- This Wright is located in Lake County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wright.
- Tipton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wright [Tipton County].
- Texas
- Hale County
- This Wright is located in Hale County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Wright.
- Parker County
- This Wright is located in Parker County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the west southwest of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Wright.
- Swisher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wright [Swisher County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Norfolk City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wright [Norfolk City].
- Roanoke County
- This Wright is located in Roanoke County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wright that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Wright.
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wright ...
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.
- Delight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Delight is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delight <4>
- Elk ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Hopewell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Kirby is located in Pike County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirby <4>
- Majors
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Nutts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Pike City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Home have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Stanley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Wright 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 Wright 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 community of Wright once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wright and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wright to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<6> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,396 miles [8,684 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wright) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wright. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1629, Longitude: -93.5377 In this case, the coordinates for Wright have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wright 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Wright 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 317.947 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.331 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.024 degrees. |