Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lena and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lena
- 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 Lena:
- 34.556204, -92.552382
- 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 Lena
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Lena is near Grant County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Lena ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Lena.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Lena.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Lena lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Lena that is located in Saline County.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Arthur County
- This Lena is located in Arthur County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Lena that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arthur County community of Lena.
- McPherson County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in McPherson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Lena.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Fulton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Lena.
- Miami County
- This Lena is located in Miami County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Lena that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Lena.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lena ...
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.
- Bauxite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Bauxite Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bauxite Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite Junction
- Bauxite Junction is located in Saline County
- Collegeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collegeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Collegeville is located in Saline County
- Congo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Dirtdauber ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dirtdauber have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dirtdauber
- Dirtdauber is located in Saline County
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Fairplay ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Goodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Grape
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Hurricane ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Kentucky
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Lignite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Red Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Twin Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Lena 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 Lena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lena and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Lena to Little Rock, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 908 miles [1,461.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,336 miles [8,587.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lena. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Saline County: www.salinecounty.org/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Lena could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5562, Longitude: -92.5524 In this case, the coordinates for Lena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Lena 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 317.344 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.681 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.525 degrees. |