Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lone Elm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Elm and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lone Elm
- 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 Lone Elm:
- 36.209524, -94.486883
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lone Elm
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Lone Elm is near Delaware County and also Adair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- eBird sighting report for Adair 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lone Elm ...
We found ten communities that share the name Lone Elm.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Lone Elm.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Franklin County
- Scott County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- This Lone Elm is located in Anderson County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lone Elm that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lone Elm.
- Chautauqua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lone Elm [Chautauqua County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lone Elm [Johnson County].
- Marshall County
- This Lone Elm is located in Marshall County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the north northwest of the Lone Elm that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Lone Elm.
- Missouri
- Cooper County
- This Lone Elm is located in Cooper County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lone Elm that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Lone Elm.
- Jasper County
- This Lone Elm is located in Jasper County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the north of the Lone Elm that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Lone Elm.
- Texas
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lone Elm [Ellis County].
- Kaufman County
- Although located in Kaufman County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Lone Elm.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Elm ...
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.
- Chambers Spring ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chambers Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Spring
- Chambers Spring is located in Benton County
- Cherokee City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee City
- Cherokee City is located in Benton County
- Cross Roads ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cross Roads is located in Benton County
- Crown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Dawn Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Falling Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
- Falling Springs is located in Benton County
- Flint ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Hoover ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Lake Frances
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Frances have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Frances
- Lake Frances is located in Benton County
- Martin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Springtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Springtown is located in Benton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Trident
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Twin Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Twin Springs is located in Benton County
How Far From Lone Elm to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lone Elm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Lone Elm once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lone Elm and extending to:
- Bentonville, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lone Elm to Bentonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 971 miles [1,562.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,457 miles [12,000.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,338 miles [8,590.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Benton County: www.co.benton.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lone Elm) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lone Elm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2095, Longitude: -94.4869 In this case, the coordinates for Lone Elm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Lone Elm could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lone Elm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lone Elm to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.76 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.544 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.131 degrees. |