Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Love, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Love and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Love
- 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:
- 36.148124, -91.693477
- 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 Love
- 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 Izard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Since Love is near Sharp County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sharp County
- eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Love ...
We found nine communities that share the name Love.
Within Arkansas, the name Love is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Quebec
- This Love lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Love that is located in Izard County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Love lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Love that is located in Izard County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Love ...
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.
- Ash Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Flat
- Ash Flat is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ash Flat <3>
- Bone Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Day
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Evening Shade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evening Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Evening Shade is located in Sharp County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evening Shade <3>
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Izard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
- Horseshoe Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
- Horseshoe Bend is located in Izard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horseshoe Bend <3>
- King's Mills ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King's Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Mills
- King's Mills is located in Sharp County
- LaCrosse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
- LaCrosse is located in Izard County
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Sage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Sage is located in Izard County
- Violet Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
- Violet Hill is located in Izard County
- Wiseman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiseman
- Wiseman is located in Izard County
- Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Love 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 community such as Love 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<5> community of Love once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Love and extending to:
- Melbourne, which is the Seat of Izard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Love to Melbourne, with an average speed<6> 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 823 miles [1,324.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Love) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Love. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1481, Longitude: -91.6935 In this case, the coordinates for Love 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Love 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Love, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Love to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.914 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.392 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.858 degrees. |