Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 New Jenny Lind:
  • 35.250926, -94.317435
  • 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 New Jenny Lind

• 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 Sebastian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sebastian County
  • Since New Jenny Lind is near Le Flore County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Le Flore County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 New Jenny Lind

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Jenny Lind ...

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.

• Big Rock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Rock is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
• Bonanza
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bonanza is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
• Cedar Knobb
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Knobb is located in Le Flore County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knobb
• Cedars
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedars is located in Le Flore County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
• Crescent
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crescent is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
• Diamond Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Diamond Grove is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
• Doubleday ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Doubleday is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleday
• Enterprise
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Enterprise is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Fidelity ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fidelity is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fidelity
• Greenwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
• Jenny Lind
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
• Old Jenny Lind
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Old Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jenny Lind
• Saw Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Saw Mill is located in Sebastian County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill

How Far From New Jenny Lind 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 New Jenny Lind to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from New Jenny Lind to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,497 miles [12,065.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,377 miles [8,653.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'