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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 Indian Head Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Head Lake Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Indian Head Lake Estates
  • 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 Indian Head Lake Estates:
    • 34.841757, -92.176259
    • 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 Indian Head 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
    • Since Indian Head Lake Estates is near Lonoke County and also Faulkner 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 Faulkner 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 Indian Head Lake Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Head 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.

  • Amboy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Amboy is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Booker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Booker is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
  • Dixie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Eureka Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eureka Garden is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Garden
  • Fairman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairman is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
  • Gravel Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Head ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Head is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head
  • Melanie Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
  • Park Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pecan Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
    • Rose City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Rose City is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
    • Silver Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Tanglewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Timber Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
    • Valentine
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Valentine is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

How Far From Indian Head 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 Indian Head 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 Indian Head Lake Estates and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Head Lake Estates to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Indian Head 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 Indian Head 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 Indian Head Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8418, Longitude: -92.1763       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Head Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.126 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.464 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.311 degrees.