Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Fort Chaffee:
  • 35.312314, -94.306045
  • 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 Fort Chaffee

• 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 Sebastian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
  • Since Fort Chaffee is near Crawford County and also Le Flore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Le Flore 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 Fort Chaffee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Chaffee ...

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.

• Bonanza
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonanza is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
• Catcher
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Catcher is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catcher
• Cedars
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cedars is located in Le Flore County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
• Crescent
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crescent is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Cross Lanes
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cross Lanes is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Lanes
• Diamond Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Diamond Grove is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
• Enterprise
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Enterprise is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Fidelity ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fidelity is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
• Greenwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
• Jenny Lind
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
• Oak Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Old Jenny Lind
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jenny Lind
• Saw Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Saw Mill is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill

How Far From Fort Chaffee to ...

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

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

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Chaffee to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,494 miles [12,060.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,373 miles [8,647 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'