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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 Hornersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hornersville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hornersville:
    • 36.040323, -90.115867
    • 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 Hornersville
  • 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 Dunklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin County
    • Since Hornersville is near Mississippi County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot 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 Hornersville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hornersville ...

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.

  • Bowie Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowie Corner is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie Corner
  • Buckeye
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Channel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Channel is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel
  • Cotton Plant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
  • Europa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Europa is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Europa
  • Gilbert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gilbert is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Leachville Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Leachville Junction is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachville Junction
  • Little Green Store
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Green Store is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Green Store
  • Poplar Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Poplar Corner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner
  • Stark City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
  • Sunrise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sunrise is located in Dunklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Temples Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Temples Corner is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temples Corner

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

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

  • Kennett, which is the Seat of Dunklin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hornersville to Kennett, 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 four to five hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Hornersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Hornersville 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 Hornersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0403, Longitude: -90.1159       In this case, the coordinates for Hornersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.889 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.191 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.172 degrees.