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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 Faith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Faith 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 Faith:
    • 34.103710, -92.103476
    • 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 Faith
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Faith is near Cleveland County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Faith

Communities Also Named Faith ...

We found six communities that are also named Faith.

Within Arkansas, the name Faith is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • McLean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Faith [McLean County].
    • Minnesota
      • Norman County
      • This Faith is located in Norman County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<2> to the north of the Faith that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norman County community of Faith.
    • Missouri
      • Miller County
      • This Faith is located in Miller County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the north of the Faith that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Faith.
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Faith is located in Rowan County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Faith that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Faith.
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Faith [Sandusky County].
    • South Dakota
      • Meade County
      • This Faith is located in Meade County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Faith that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Faith.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Faith ...

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.

  • Bruce ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bruce is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
  • Calmer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Calmer is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmer
  • College Park ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • College Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Double Wells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Double Wells is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Wells
  • Friendship
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Friendship is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Grapevine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Grapevine is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
  • Hooker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hooker is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Ladd
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ladd is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
  • Lamb ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lamb is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Oak Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Peace ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Peace is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace
  • Randall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Randall is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Sulphur Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Unionville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionville is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From Faith to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Faith to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pine Bluff, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Faith to Pine Bluff, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 898 miles [1,445.2 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 6,736 miles [10,840.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Faith 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Faith) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Faith 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 Faith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1037, Longitude: -92.1035       In this case, the coordinates for Faith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.015 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.237 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.404 degrees.