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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 Funston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Funston 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 Funston:
    • 35.057309, -92.187094
    • 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 Funston
  • 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 Faulkner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
    • Since Funston is near Lonoke County and also Pulaski County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lonoke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski 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 Funston

Communities Also Named Funston ...

We found ten communities that are also named Funston.

Within Arkansas, the name Funston is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Garfield County
      • This Funston is located in Garfield County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Funston.
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt County
      • This Funston is located in Colquitt County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colquitt County community of Funston.
    • Kansas
      • Allen 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 Funston [Allen County].
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Funston [Geary County].
    • Kentucky
      • McCreary County
      • This Funston is located in McCreary County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCreary County community of Funston.
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Funston is located in De Soto Parish and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Funston.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Funston is located in Brunswick County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the east of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Funston.
    • North Dakota
      • McHenry County
      • This Funston is located in McHenry County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Funston.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Funston.
    • Texas
      • Jones County
      • This Funston is located in Jones County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Funston that is located in Faulkner County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Funston.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Funston ...

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.

  • Center Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Center Point is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
  • Enola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Enola is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Greyhawk Addition
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greyhawk Addition is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyhawk Addition
  • Hamlet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Hawthicket ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hawthicket is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthicket
  • Holland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Holland is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
  • Mountain Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Springs is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
  • Otto
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Otto is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
  • Rolling Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spring Valley is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Sunny Gap ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sunny Gap is located in Faulkner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Gap
  • Wildwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Zion Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Hill is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Funston to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Funston and extending to:

  • Conway, which is the Seat of Faulkner County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Funston to Conway, 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 four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,297 miles [8,524.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Funston) 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 Funston 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>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 Funston, 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 Funston 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 Funston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0573, Longitude: -92.1871       In this case, the coordinates for Funston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.151 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.522 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.278 degrees.