Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Faulknerville

• 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 Faulknerville:
  • 36.102291, -90.745947
  • 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 Faulknerville

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Faulknerville is near Lawrence County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Faulknerville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Faulknerville ...

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 Jack
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Black Jack is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
• Case
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Case is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Case
• Commissary ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Commissary is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary
• Ebenezer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Evening Star
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Evening Star is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Star
• Fender
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fender is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fender
• Finch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Finch is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
• Light
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Light is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
• Pine Knot
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Knot is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
• Serene
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Serene is located in Randolph County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
• Walnut Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Corner is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Corner
• Whiskerville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Whiskerville is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskerville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Faulknerville and extending to:

• Paragould, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Faulknerville to Paragould, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 774 miles [1,245.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,312 miles [11,767.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'