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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 Lone Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Grove:
    • 35.315081, -92.701830
    • 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 Lone Grove
  • 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 Conway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Conway County
    • Since Lone Grove is near Pope County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Lone Grove

Communities Also Named Lone Grove ...

We found three communities that are also named Lone Grove.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Lone Grove.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Woodruff County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lone Grove [Woodruff County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oklahoma
      • Carter County
      • This Lone Grove is located in Carter County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lone Grove that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Lone Grove.
    • Texas
      • Llano County
      • This Lone Grove is located in Llano County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lone Grove that is located in Conway County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Lone Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Grove ...

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.

  • Arthur
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Arthur is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Birdtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Birdtown is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdtown
  • Cypress Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Valley is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Valley
  • Hickory Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Lick Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lick Mountain is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Mountain
  • Lost Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lost Corner is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Corner
  • Overcup
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Overcup is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overcup
  • Robertsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Robertsville is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
  • Sunnyside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Wonderview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Wonderview is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonderview

How Far From Lone Grove 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 Lone Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lone Grove and extending to:

  • Morrilton, which is the Seat of Conway County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lone Grove to Morrilton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,429 miles [11,955.8 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>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 Grove 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lone Grove) 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 Lone Grove 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 Lone Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3151, Longitude: -92.7018       In this case, the coordinates for Lone Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.507 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.969 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.463 degrees.