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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 Felker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Felker 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 Felker:
    • 36.227302, -94.468271
    • 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 Felker
  • 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Since Felker is near Delaware County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Felker

Communities Also Named Felker ...

We found three communities that are also named Felker.

Within Arkansas, the name Felker is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell 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 Illinois community of Felker [Tazewell County].
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • This Felker is located in McCurtain County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Felker that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Felker.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Felker is located in Bradley County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the east of the Felker that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Felker.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Felker ...

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.

  • Chambers Spring ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chambers Spring is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Spring
  • Cherokee City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherokee City is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
  • Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cross Roads is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Crown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crown is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Dawn Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dawn Hill is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Hill
  • Eagle Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Corner is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Corner
  • Falling Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Falling Springs is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
  • Flint ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Flint is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Hoover ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hoover is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Lone Elm ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lone Elm is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
  • Martin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Martin is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Springtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Springtown is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Twin Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Springs is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Felker once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Felker and extending to:

  • Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Felker to Bentonville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,337 miles [8,589.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Felker 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Felker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Felker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Felker 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 Felker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2273, Longitude: -94.4683       In this case, the coordinates for Felker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.749 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.534 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.119 degrees.