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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 Fairland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairland and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fairland:
    • 33.230684, -93.843791
    • 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 Fairland
  • 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
    • Since Fairland is near Lafayette County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Fairland

Communities Also Named Fairland ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Fairland.

Within Arkansas, the name Fairland is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Douglas County
      • This Fairland is located in Douglas County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Fairland.
    • Indiana
      • Shelby County
      • This Fairland is located in Shelby County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Fairland.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Fairland [Marshall County].
      • Thomas 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 Kansas community of Fairland [Thomas County].
      • Wabaunsee 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 Kansas community of Fairland [Wabaunsee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton 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 Kentucky community of Fairland [Clinton County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Fairland is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fairland.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Fairland is located in Berrien County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Fairland.
    • Minnesota
      • Koochiching County
      • This Fairland is located in Koochiching County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the north of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Koochiching County community of Fairland.
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • This Fairland is located in Lawrence County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Fairland.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Fairland is located in Ottawa County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Fairland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Fairland is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Fairland.
    • Texas
      • Burnet County
      • This Fairland is located in Burnet County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burnet County community of Fairland.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Fairland is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Fairland.
      • Roanoke City
      • This Fairland is located in Roanoke City and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km] to the east northeast of the Fairland that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Fairland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairland ...

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.

  • Black Diamond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Diamond is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
  • Boggy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Boggy is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
  • Brightstar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brightstar is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightstar
  • Gin City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gin City is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
  • Grants
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Grants is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
  • Jonesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jonesville is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Line Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Line Ferry is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Ferry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pleasant Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Rocky Mound
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Mound is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
  • Spring Bank ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Spring Bank is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
  • Walnut Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

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

  • Texarkana, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fairland to Texarkana, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,576 miles [12,192.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,453 miles [8,775.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairland) 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 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 Fairland 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 Fairland 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 Fairland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2307, Longitude: -93.8438       In this case, the coordinates for Fairland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.05 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.329 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.296 degrees.