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 Gravesville:
36.353954, -91.057903
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 Gravesville
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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Gravesville.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Gravesville.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Van Buren County
This Gravesville is located in Van Buren County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gravesville that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Gravesville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Herkimer County
This Gravesville is located in Herkimer County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gravesville that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Gravesville.
Wisconsin
Calumet County
This Gravesville is located in Calumet County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gravesville that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Gravesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gravesville ...
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.
Baker Den ‑ Historic (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Gravesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gravesville and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Gravesville to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 785 miles [1,263.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gravesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Gravesville 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 Gravesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3540, Longitude: -91.0579 In this case, the coordinates for Gravesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.515 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.958 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.531 degrees.