Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Littrel Ford:
  • 36.251461, -93.597967
  • 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 Littrel Ford

• 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
  • Since Littrel Ford is near Madison County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Littrel Ford

Curious and Interesting Names Near Littrel Ford ...

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.

• Cave Spring ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cave Spring is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
• Chaplin ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Chaplin is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin
• Dean
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dean is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
• Dryfork
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dryfork is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
• Forum
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Forum is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forum
• Gobbler
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gobbler is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobbler
• Marble
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Marble is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
• Rockhouse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockhouse is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
• Rule
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rule is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
• Wolf Pen ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wolf Pen is located in Carroll County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pen

How Far From Littrel Ford 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 Littrel Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Littrel Ford and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Littrel Ford to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,300 miles [8,529.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'