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 Four Forks:
34.877039, -90.862059
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 Four Forks
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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Four Forks.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Four Forks.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Woodruff County
This Four Forks is located in Woodruff County and lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of Four Forks.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Four Forks is located in Caddo Parish and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the southwest of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Four Forks.
Richland Parish
This Four Forks is located in Richland Parish and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southwest of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland Parish community of Four Forks.
Mississippi
Jefferson County
This Four Forks is located in Jefferson County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the south of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Four Forks.
New Mexico
Eddy County
This Four Forks is located in Eddy County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the west of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eddy County community of Four Forks.
Virginia
Nelson County
This Four Forks is located in Nelson County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Four Forks that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Four Forks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Four Forks ...
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 Four Forks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Four Forks and extending to:
Marianna, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Four Forks to Marianna, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 811 miles [1,305.2 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,374 miles [11,867.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Four Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Four Forks 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 Four Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8770, Longitude: -90.8621 In this case, the coordinates for Four Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.286 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.494 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.727 degrees.