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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 Pack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pack 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 Pack:
- 36.506742, -94.532996
- 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 Pack
- 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 McDonald County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald County
- Since Pack is near Benton County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Pack
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pack ...
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.
- Cave ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cave is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Checks Corner ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Checks Corner is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checks Corner
- Dodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge is located in Delaware County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Elk Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Springs is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
- Ginger Blue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ginger Blue is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Blue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Jaybird ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Lee ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lee is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Rome City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rome City is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome City
- Round Top ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Top is located in Benton County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in McDonald County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sulphur Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Pack 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 Pack to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pack and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of McDonald County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pack to Pineville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,444 miles [11,980 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 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 '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- Pack) 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 Pack 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 Pack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5067, Longitude: -94.5330 In this case, the coordinates for Pack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.816 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.647 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.103 degrees. |
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