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

  • 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 Nance:
    • 34.548147, -92.770723
    • 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 Nance
  • 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
    • Since Nance is near Garland County and also Hot Spring County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring 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 Nance

Communities Also Named Nance ...

We found five communities that are also named Nance.

Within Arkansas, the name Nance is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Phillips 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 Kansas community of Nance [Phillips County].
    • Missouri
      • Taney County
      • This Nance is located in Taney County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the north of the Nance that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Nance.
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Nance [Rockingham County].
    • Tennessee
      • Crockett County
      • This Nance is located in Crockett County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Nance that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Nance.
    • Virginia
      • Charles City County
      • This Nance is located in Charles City County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Nance that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles City County community of Nance.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nance ...

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.

  • Alum ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Alum is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
  • Cove Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Crows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crows is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows
  • Fairplay ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fairplay is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Fountain Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Grape
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grape is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
  • High Point ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • High Point is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Kentucky
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kentucky is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
  • Magnet Cove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
  • Rubicon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rubicon is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon

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

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Nance to Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 919 miles [1,479 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,740 miles [10,847 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,346 miles [8,603.6 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 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 Nance 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nance) 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 Nance 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 Nance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5481, Longitude: -92.7707       In this case, the coordinates for Nance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.485 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.843 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.623 degrees.