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34.804827, -90.796480
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We found eight communities that are also named Felton.
Within Arkansas, the name Felton is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Santa Cruz County
This Felton is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 1,747 miles [2,811.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Felton.
Delaware
Kent County
This Felton is located in Kent County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Felton.
Georgia
Haralson County
This Felton is located in Haralson County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the east of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Felton.
Michigan
Bay 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 Michigan community of Felton [Bay County].
Minnesota
Clay County
This Felton is located in Clay County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Felton.
Ontario
This Felton lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
Pennsylvania
Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Felton [Delaware County].
York County
This Felton is located in York County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Felton that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Felton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Felton ...
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.
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 Felton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Felton and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Felton to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,251 miles [8,450.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Felton) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Felton 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 Felton 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 Felton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8048, Longitude: -90.7965
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.238 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.429 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.712 degrees.