Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Love Place:
  • 35.316475, -90.573718
  • 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 Love Place

• 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 Cross County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cross County
  • Since Love Place is near Crittenden County and also Poinsett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett 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 Love Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Love Place ...

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.

• Birdeye
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Birdeye is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdeye
• Coldwater
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Coldwater is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Flag Lake Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Flag Lake Crossing is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Lake Crossing
• Fortune
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fortune is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
• Pleasant Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Princedale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Princedale is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princedale
• Rose Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rose Place is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Place
• Three Forks
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Three Forks is located in Crittenden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
• Twist
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Twist is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
• Twist Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Twist Ferry is located in Cross County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist Ferry

How Far From Love Place 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 Love Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Wynne, which is the Seat of Cross County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Love Place to Wynne, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 784 miles [1,261.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,342 miles [11,815.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'