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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 Norvelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Norvelle 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 Norvelle:
- 34.078165, -93.751850
- 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 Norvelle
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Norvelle is near Howard County and also Hempstead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hempstead 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 Norvelle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norvelle ...
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.
- Ball ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ball is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Maxwell ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxwell is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Nathan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Pump Springs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pump Springs is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Springs
- Reed
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reed is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Stanley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
How Far From Norvelle 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 Norvelle 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 Norvelle once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Norvelle and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Norvelle 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 984 miles [1,583.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,409 miles [8,704.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Norvelle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Norvelle) 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 Norvelle 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 Norvelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0782, Longitude: -93.7519 In this case, the coordinates for Norvelle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.078 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.473 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.132 degrees. |
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