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we pass this GPS location for Paradise:
35.632305, -93.834084
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We found 38 communities that share the name Paradise.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Paradise.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 36 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Drew County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Paradise [Drew County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alaska
This Paradise lies 3,319 miles [5,341.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
Arizona
Cochise County
This Paradise is located in Cochise County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<2> to the west of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Paradise.
California
Butte County
This Paradise is located in Butte County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Paradise.
Stanislaus County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Paradise [Stanislaus County].
Florida
Alachua County
This Paradise is located in Alachua County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Paradise.
Hillsborough County
This Paradise is located in Hillsborough County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the southeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Paradise.
Georgia
Barrow County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Paradise [Barrow County].
Idaho
Paradise #1
This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Paradise.
Illinois
Coles County
This Paradise is located in Coles County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Paradise.
Indiana
Warrick County
This Paradise is located in Warrick County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Paradise.
Iowa
Jackson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Paradise [Jackson County].
Kansas
Russell County
This Paradise is located in Russell County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Paradise.
Kentucky
Muhlenberg County
This Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Paradise.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Paradise is located in Rapides Parish and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Paradise.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Paradise is located in Baltimore County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Paradise.
Michigan
Chippewa County
This Paradise is located in Chippewa County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Paradise.
Missouri
Clay County
This Paradise is located in Clay County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<2> to the north of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Paradise.
Montana
Sanders County
This Paradise is located in Sanders County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Paradise.
Nevada
Clark County
This Paradise is located in Clark County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<2> to the west of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Paradise.
New Jersey
Gloucester County
This Paradise is located in Gloucester County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Paradise.
New York
Orange County
This Paradise is located in Orange County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Paradise.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Paradise lies 2,237 miles [3,600.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
Nova Scotia
This Paradise lies 1,627 miles [2,618.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
Ohio
Lorain County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Lorain County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Paradise.
Mahoning County
This Paradise is located in Mahoning County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Paradise.
Wayne County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Paradise [Wayne County].
Oklahoma
Payne County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Paradise [Payne County].
Oregon
Wallowa County
This Paradise is located in Wallowa County and lies 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallowa County community of Paradise.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Paradise is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Paradise.
Monroe County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Paradise [Monroe County].
Schuylkill County
This Paradise is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Paradise.
Texas
Wise County
This Paradise is located in Wise County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Paradise.
Utah
Cache County
This Paradise is located in Cache County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Paradise.
Washington
Pierce County
This Paradise is located in Pierce County and lies 1,629 miles [2,621.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Paradise.
Spokane County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Paradise [Spokane County].
West Virginia
Putnam County
This Paradise is located in Putnam County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Paradise.
Wyoming
Carbon County
This Paradise is located in Carbon County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Paradise that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Paradise.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise ...
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.
Fly Gap ‑ Historic (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fly Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountain Top. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Paradise to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paradise and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Paradise to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>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 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,459 miles [12,004.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Paradise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Paradise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paradise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6323, Longitude: -93.8341 In this case, the coordinates for Paradise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Paradise could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Paradise to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.277 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.907 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.924 degrees.