Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Douglasville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglasville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Douglasville
- 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 Douglasville:
- 34.714537, -92.359875
- 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 Douglasville
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Douglasville is near Saline County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Douglasville ...
We found five communities that share the name Douglasville.
Within Arkansas, the name Douglasville is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Douglasville is located in Baldwin County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Douglasville that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Douglasville.
- Escambia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Douglasville [Escambia County].
- Jefferson County
- This Douglasville is located in Jefferson County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the east southeast of the Douglasville that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Douglasville.
- Georgia
- Douglas County
- This Douglasville is located in Douglas County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the east of the Douglasville that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Douglasville.
- Early County
- This Douglasville is located in Early County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east southeast of the Douglasville that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Douglasville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglasville ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Douglas Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Corner
- Douglas Corner is located in Pulaski County
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Meadowcliff
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Pecan Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
- Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
- Ponderosa
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Rusty Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rusty Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Skylark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Timber Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in Pulaski County
How Far From Douglasville 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 Douglasville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Douglasville and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Douglasville to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,444 miles [11,980 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,321 miles [8,563.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Douglasville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pulaski County: www.co.pulaski.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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- Douglasville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Douglasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7145, Longitude: -92.3599 In this case, the coordinates for Douglasville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Douglasville 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> | 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> | 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 Douglasville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.573 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.414 degrees. |