Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fayetteville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fayetteville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fayetteville
- 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 Fayetteville:
- 36.066453, -94.165522
- 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 Fayetteville
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Fayetteville is near Benton County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Fayetteville ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Fayetteville.
Within Arkansas, the name Fayetteville is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Fayetteville is located in Talladega County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Fayetteville.
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- This Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Fayetteville.
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- This Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Fayetteville.
- Washington County
- This Fayetteville is located in Washington County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fayetteville.
- Kansas
- Clay 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 Fayetteville [Clay County].
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Fayetteville is located in Johnson County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the north of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Fayetteville.
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Fayetteville is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Fayetteville.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Fayetteville.
- Ohio
- Brown County
- This Fayetteville is located in Brown County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Fayetteville.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- This Fayetteville is located in Linn County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Fayetteville.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Fayetteville is located in Allegheny County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Fayetteville.
- Franklin County
- This Fayetteville is located in Franklin County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fayetteville.
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Fayetteville is located in Lincoln County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Fayetteville.
- Texas
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- Wisconsin
- Walworth 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 Wisconsin community of Fayetteville [Walworth County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fayetteville ...
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.
- Barbara ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Beau-O-Rama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beau-O-Rama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beau-O-Rama
- Beau-O-Rama is located in Washington County
- Black Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Washington County
- Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Greenland is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Greenland
- From Fayetteville to Greenland
- Gulley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Harris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Washington County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Harris
- From Fayetteville to Harris
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Washington County
- Starks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Strain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Washington County
How Far From Fayetteville 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 city such as Fayetteville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fayetteville and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Fayetteville to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 957 miles [1,540.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,332 miles [8,581 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fayetteville: www.accessfayetteville.org/
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fayetteville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fayetteville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0665, Longitude: -94.1655 |
| <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 Fayetteville 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> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fayetteville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.534 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.262 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.005 degrees. |