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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 Mena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mena 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 Mena:
- 33.583443, -94.916884
- 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 Mena
- 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 Red River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River County
- Since Mena is near Bowie County and also McCurtain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCurtain 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 Mena
Communities Also Named Mena ...
We found one communities that are also named Mena.
Within Texas, the name Mena is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Mena in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Polk County
- This Mena is located in Polk County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mena that is located in Red River County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Mena.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mena ...
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.
- Boxelder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boxelder is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Clarksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cuthand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuthand is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthand
- Dimple
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dimple is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
- English
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- English is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Maple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Peters Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Prairie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Prairie
- Pine Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Reeds Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Reeds Settlement is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Settlement
- Sherry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sherry is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
How Far From Mena 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 community such as Mena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Mena once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mena and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Red River County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Mena to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mena 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 Mena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5834, Longitude: -94.9169 In this case, the coordinates for Mena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.24 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.72 degrees. |
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