Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Yarbo Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yarbo Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Yarbo Place

• 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 Yarbo Place:
  • 35.357307, -90.519549
  • 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 Yarbo Place

• 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 Cross County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
  • Since Yarbo Place is near Crittenden County and also Poinsett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett 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 Yarbo Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yarbo Place ...

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.

• Boat Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Boat Run is located in Poinsett County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Run
• Coldwater
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Coldwater is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Fortune
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fortune is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
• Love Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Love Place is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Place
• Poindexter
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
• Three Forks
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Three Forks is located in Crittenden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
• Twist
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Twist is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
• Twist Ferry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Twist Ferry is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist Ferry

How Far From Yarbo Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Yarbo Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yarbo Place and extending to:

• Wynne, which is the Seat of Cross County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yarbo Place to Wynne, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 780 miles [1,255.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,337 miles [11,807.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'