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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 North Little Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Little Rock 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 North Little Rock:
- 34.764118, -92.261898
- 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 North Little Rock
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since North Little Rock is near Lonoke County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lonoke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 North Little Rock
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Little Rock ...
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.
- Amboy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amboy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Booker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dixie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Fairman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fairman is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
- Hot Springs Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Junction
- Little Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Melanie Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
- Park Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pecan Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Rose City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timber Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
How Far From North Little Rock 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 city such as North Little Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Little Rock and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from North Little Rock to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,437 miles [11,968.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Little Rock) 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 North Little Rock 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 North Little Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7641, Longitude: -92.2619 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.175 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.511 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.362 degrees. |
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