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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 Yarbro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yarbro 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 Yarbro:
    • 35.979239, -89.910364
    • 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 Yarbro
  • 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 Yarbro ...

We found one communities that share the name Yarbro.

Within Arkansas, the name Yarbro is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Yarbro in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Yarbro [Caswell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yarbro ...

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.

  • Channel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Channel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel
    • Channel is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Clear Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
  • Cooter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooter
    • Cooter is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooter <3>
  • Gilbert
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
    • Gilbert is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Half Moon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
    • Half Moon is located in Mississippi County
  • Holland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
  • Little Green Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Green Store have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Green Store
    • Little Green Store is located in Mississippi County
  • New Survey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Survey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Survey
    • New Survey is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
  • Promised Land
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promised Land have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
  • Stark City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stark City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
    • Stark City is located in Mississippi County
  • Sunrise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunrise is located in Dunklin County (MO)
  • Temples Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temples Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temples Corner
    • Temples Corner is located in Pemiscot County (MO)

How Far From Yarbro 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 Yarbro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Yarbro and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Yarbro to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 733 miles [1,179.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yarbro. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mississippi County: www.mcagov.com/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Yarbro 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yarbro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yarbro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9792, Longitude: -89.9104       In this case, the coordinates for Yarbro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Yarbro to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.754 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.027 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.094 degrees.









 

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