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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 Yellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellville 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 Yellville:
- 36.228741, -92.686099
- 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 Yellville
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Yellville is near Baxter County and also Searcy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy 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 Yellville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellville ...
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.
- Amos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amos is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
- Bull Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gassville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- George's Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- George's Creek is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George's Creek
- Hand Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hand Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand Valley
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Kingdom Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingdom Springs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Springs
- Ralph
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ralph is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Rush ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Snow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Snow is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Stone ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stone is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Tomahawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Turkey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Turkey is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
How Far From Yellville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Yellville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yellville and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Yellville to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 874 miles [1,406.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,385 miles [11,885 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,264 miles [8,471.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellville) 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 Yellville 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 Yellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2287, Longitude: -92.6861 In this case, the coordinates for Yellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.568 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.162 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.295 degrees. |
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