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 Acorn:
34.642882, -94.201044
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.
We found ten communities that share the name Acorn.
Within Arkansas, the name Acorn is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Humboldt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Acorn [Humboldt County].
Santa Barbara County
This Acorn is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<2> to the west of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Acorn.
Georgia
Habersham County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Acorn [Habersham County].
Muscogee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Acorn [Muscogee County].
Kentucky
Pulaski County
This Acorn is located in Pulaski County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Acorn.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Acorn is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Acorn.
Tennessee
Monroe County
This Acorn is located in Monroe County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the east of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Acorn.
Virginia
Halifax County
This Acorn is located in Halifax County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Acorn.
Westmoreland County
This Acorn is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km] to the east northeast of the Acorn that is located in Polk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Acorn.
Wisconsin
Dane County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Acorn [Dane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Acorn ...
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.
Board Camp (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Board Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rich Mountain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 Acorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Acorn and extending to:
Mena, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the South Southwest.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 110 miles [177 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Acorn 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 992 miles [1,596.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,789 miles [10,925.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,522 miles [12,105.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,401 miles [8,692.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Acorn 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Acorn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Acorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6429, Longitude: -94.2010 In this case, the coordinates for Acorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Acorn 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 318.428 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.955 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.247 degrees.