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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 Villa Vale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Villa Vale 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 Villa Vale:
- 34.031489, -91.909580
- 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 Villa Vale
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Villa Vale is near Cleveland County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Villa Vale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Villa Vale ...
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.
- Branchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Calmer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calmer is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmer
- Cottondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cottondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottondale
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hooker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ladd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ladd is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Moscow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Noble Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Noble Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Lake
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Randall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rest ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rest is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
- Star City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Terry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
How Far From Villa Vale 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 Villa Vale 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<2> community of Villa Vale once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Villa Vale and extending to:
- Star City, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Villa Vale to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 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 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,457 miles [12,000.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,333 miles [8,582.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Villa Vale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Villa Vale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Villa Vale 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 Villa Vale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0315, Longitude: -91.9096 In this case, the coordinates for Villa Vale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.884 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.076 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.332 degrees. |
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