Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elk
- 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 Elk:
- 34.165380, -93.513517
- 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 Elk
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Elk is near Clark County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Elk ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Elk.
Within Arkansas, the name Elk is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Fresno County
- This Elk is located in Fresno County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Elk that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Elk.
- Mendocino County
- This Elk is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,699 miles [2,734.3 km] to the west northwest of the Elk that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Elk.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Elk is located in Kanawha County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elk that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Elk.
- Tucker County
- This Elk is located in Tucker County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km] to the east northeast of the Elk that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Elk.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk ...
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.
- Alpine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Clear Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
- Clear Spring is located in Clark County
- Delight
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Delight is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delight <5>
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Kirby is located in Pike County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirby <5>
- Majors
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Nutts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Pike City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Pike Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
- Pike Junction is located in Clark County
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Pike County
- Stanley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Elk 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 Elk 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 community of Elk once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Elk and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Elk to Murfreesboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,517 miles [12,097.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,395 miles [8,682.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Elk 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1654, Longitude: -93.5135 In this case, the coordinates for Elk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Elk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Elk to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.932 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.313 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.013 degrees. |