Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Burnville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Burnville

• 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 Burnville:
  • 35.188705, -94.189098
  • 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 Burnville

• 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 Sebastian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
  • Since Burnville is near Scott County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Burnville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnville ...

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.

• Barber
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Barber is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
• Big Rock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Big Rock is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
• Bloomer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bloomer is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
• Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crossroads is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Diamond Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Diamond Grove is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
• Dill Place ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dill Place is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill Place
• Echo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Echo is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
• Fidelity ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fidelity is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
• Fox Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Hill is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
• Greenwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
• Jenny Lind
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
• Milltown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Milltown is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Old Jenny Lind
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jenny Lind

How Far From Burnville 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 Burnville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Burnville and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Burnville to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,495 miles [12,062 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'