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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 Purman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Purman 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 Purman:
- 36.522838, -90.746786
- 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 Purman
- 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 Ripley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley County
- Since Purman is near Clay County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Purman
Curious and Interesting Names Near Purman ...
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.
- Current View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Current View is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Current View
- Glaze Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glaze Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Creek
- Glenn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenn is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Hill Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hill Top is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Martinsburg ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Success
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Success is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Torch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Torch is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torch
- Twin Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Purman 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 Purman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Purman and extending to:
- Doniphan, which is the Seat of Ripley County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Purman to Jefferson City, with an average speed<2>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 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 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,170 miles [8,320.3 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- Purman) 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 Purman 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 Purman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5228, Longitude: -90.7468 In this case, the coordinates for Purman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.325 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.76 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.356 degrees. |
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