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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 Norfork Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norfork Village 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 Norfork Village:
- 36.222291, -92.307101
- 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 Norfork Village
- 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 Baxter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baxter County
- Since Norfork Village is near Izard County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Izard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Norfork Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norfork Village ...
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.
- Advance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Berry ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hopewell is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Nelsons Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nelsons Ferry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Ferry
- Old Joe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Joe is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Joe
- Salesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sycamore Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore Heights is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Heights
- Sycamore Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore Spring is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Spring
- Traceys Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Traceys Ferry is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceys Ferry
How Far From Norfork Village 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 Norfork Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Norfork Village and extending to:
- Mountain Home, which is the Seat of Baxter County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Norfork Village to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 854 miles [1,374.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,370 miles [11,860.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,248 miles [8,445.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Norfork Village) 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 Norfork Village 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 Norfork Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2223, Longitude: -92.3071 In this case, the coordinates for Norfork Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.319 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.872 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.123 degrees. |
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