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 Union Valley:
34.764813, -92.003475
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 Union Valley
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 Lonoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found thirteen communities that are also named Union Valley.
Within Arkansas, the name Union Valley is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kansas
Lincoln County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union Valley [Lincoln County].
Republic County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union Valley [Republic County].
Maryland
Cecil County
This Union Valley is located in Cecil County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Union Valley.
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Union Valley is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Union Valley.
New Mexico
Roosevelt County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Union Valley.
New York
Chenango County
This Union Valley is located in Chenango County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Union Valley.
Oklahoma
Pontotoc County
This Union Valley is located in Pontotoc County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<2> to the west of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Union Valley.
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
This Union Valley is located in Lawrence County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Union Valley.
Tennessee
Sevier County
This Union Valley is located in Sevier County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Union Valley.
Williamson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Union Valley [Williamson County].
Texas
Hunt County
This Union Valley is located in Hunt County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Union Valley.
Kaufman County
This Union Valley is located in Kaufman County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km] to the west southwest of the Union Valley that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Union Valley.
Wilson County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Wilson County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Union Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Valley ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Union Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Valley and extending to:
Lonoke, which is the Seat of Lonoke County, lies just to the East Northeast.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Union Valley to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,427 miles [11,952.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,303 miles [8,534.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Union Valley 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Union Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>
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 Union Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Union Valley 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 Union Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7648, Longitude: -92.0035 In this case, the coordinates for Union Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.008 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.317 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.248 degrees.