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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 Little Flock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Flock 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 Little Flock:
- 36.385401, -94.136117
- 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 Little Flock
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Little Flock is near McDonald County and also Barry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDonald County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry 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 Little Flock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Flock ...
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.
- Blackjack Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blackjack Corner is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackjack Corner
- Buttry ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buttry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttry
- Electric Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Electric Springs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Springs
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freeman is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Hart ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hart is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Leetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leetown is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
- Pea Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Prairie Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Rogers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Little Flock to ...
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 city such as Little Flock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Flock and extending to:
- Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the West.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Flock 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 949 miles [1,527.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,316 miles [8,555.3 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 '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- Little Flock) 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 Little Flock 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 Little Flock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3854, Longitude: -94.1361 In this case, the coordinates for Little Flock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.541 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.311 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.938 degrees. |
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