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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • 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 Everton:
    • 36.154287, -92.909642
    • 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 Everton
  • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Everton is near Searcy County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Searcy County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Everton

Communities Also Named Everton ...

We found five communities that are also named Everton.

Within Arkansas, the name Everton is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Fayette County
      • This Everton is located in Fayette County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Everton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Everton.
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This Everton is located in Dade County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Everton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Everton.
    • New York
      • Franklin 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 New York community of Everton [Franklin County].
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Everton is located in Duplin County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the east of the Everton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Everton.
    • Ontario
      • This Everton lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Everton that is located in Boone County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Everton ...

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.

  • George's Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • George's Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George's Creek
  • Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Oregon ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Rally Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rally Hill is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rally Hill
  • Snow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Snow is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
  • Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sulphur Spring is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
  • Turkey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Turkey is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
  • Valley Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Valley Springs is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Zinc
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Zinc is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Everton and extending to:

  • Harrison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Everton to Harrison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,397 miles [11,904.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,276 miles [8,490.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Everton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Everton 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>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.
<4>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 Everton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Everton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1543, Longitude: -92.9096       In this case, the coordinates for Everton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.71 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.316 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.411 degrees.