Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in King's Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King's Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for King's Mills
- 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 King's Mills:
- 36.194513, -91.546251
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on King's Mills
- 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 Sharp County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sharp County
- Since King's Mills is near Fulton County and also Izard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- eBird sighting report for Izard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named King's Mills ...
We found one communities that share the name King's Mills.
Within Arkansas, the name King's Mills is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named King's Mills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Warren County
- This King's Mills is located in Warren County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the east northeast of the King's Mills that is located in Sharp County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of King's Mills.
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near King's Mills ...
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.
- Ash Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Flat
- Ash Flat is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ash Flat <2>
- Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Cherokee Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Cherokee Village is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,654 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherokee Village <2>
- Day
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Draft ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evening Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Evening Shade is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evening Shade <2>
- Hardy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Hardy is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardy <2>
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Love ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Reed ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From King's Mills 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 King's Mills 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<4> community of King's Mills once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in King's Mills and extending to:
- Ash Flat, which is the Seat of Sharp County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from King's Mills to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 815 miles [1,311.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sharp County: www.sharpcounty.org
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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- King's Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in King's Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1945, Longitude: -91.5463 In this case, the coordinates for King's Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 King's Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 King's Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.821 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.291 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.782 degrees. |