Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lafe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lafe and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lafe

• 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 Lafe:
  • 36.209158, -90.504340
  • 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 Lafe

• 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
  • Since Lafe is near Clay County and also Dunklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunklin 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 Lafe

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lafe ...

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.

• Cache Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cache Lake is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Lake
• Camp Ground
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Camp Ground is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
• Hillside ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hillside is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
• Hooker
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hooker is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
• Knob
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Knob is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
• Marmaduke
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marmaduke is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaduke
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmaduke <1>
• Paris ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Paris is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Stonewall
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonewall is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
• Unity
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Unity is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

How Far From Lafe 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 town such as Lafe to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lafe and extending to:

• Paragould, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lafe to Paragould, with an average speed<3> 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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 759 miles [1,221.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'