Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Native:
  • 33.944827, -93.298229
  • 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 Native

• 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
  • Since Native is near Nevada County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Native

Curious and Interesting Names Near Native ...

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.

• Clear Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clear Spring is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
• Halfway
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Halfway is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
• Haretown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Haretown is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haretown
• Iron Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron Springs is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
• Love Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Love Creek is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Creek
• Meeks Settlement
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Meeks Settlement is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Settlement
• Pike Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pike Junction is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
• Piney Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Piney Grove is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Pleasant Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

How Far From Native 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 Native 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<1> community of Native once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Native and extending to:

• Arkadelphia, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Native to Arkadelphia, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 964 miles [1,551.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,396 miles [8,684 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'