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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 Gold Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gold Lake Estates 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 Gold Lake Estates:
- 35.023420, -92.390155
- 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 Gold Lake Estates
- 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 Gold Lake Estates is near Pulaski County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Gold Lake Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gold Lake Estates ...
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.
- Gold Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gold Creek is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
- Hamlet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Mayflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pilgrim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Pilgrim is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pilgrim
- Providence ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Red Hill is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rolling Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Round Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Round Mountain is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Sunny Gap ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Gap is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Gap
How Far From Gold Lake Estates 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 Gold Lake Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gold Lake Estates and extending to:
- Conway, which is the Seat of Faulkner County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Gold Lake Estates to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 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 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,701 miles [10,784.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,430 miles [11,957.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,307 miles [8,540.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Gold Lake Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gold Lake Estates 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 Gold Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0234, Longitude: -92.3902 In this case, the coordinates for Gold Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.28 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.667 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.374 degrees. |
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