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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 Toneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toneyville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Toneyville:
    • 34.899533, -92.102090
    • 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 Toneyville
  • 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 Toneyville 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 Toneyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toneyville ...

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.

  • Booker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Booker is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
  • Dogwood Meadows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogwood Meadows is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Meadows
  • Eureka Garden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka Garden is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Garden
  • Evergreen Place
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen Place is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Place
  • Furlow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Furlow is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furlow
  • Gravel Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greyhawk Addition
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greyhawk Addition is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyhawk Addition
  • Head ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Head is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head
  • Hidden Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Oaks is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
  • Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holland is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Mountain Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Springs is located in Lonoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
  • Rolling Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Spring Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Valentine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Valentine is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
    • Whisperwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Whisperwood is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisperwood
    • Wildwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Wildwood is located in Lonoke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Zion Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zion Hill is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Toneyville 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 Toneyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toneyville and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toneyville to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,424 miles [11,947.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 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 '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- Toneyville) 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 Toneyville 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 Toneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8995, Longitude: -92.1021       In this case, the coordinates for Toneyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.083 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.422 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.268 degrees.