Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Village Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Village Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Village Junction

• 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 Village Junction:
  • 33.249295, -93.050998
  • 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 Village Junction

• 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Since Village Junction is near Union County and also Ouachita County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita 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 Village Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Village Junction ...

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.

• Damascus
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Damascus is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
• Ebenezer
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ebenezer is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Free Hope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Free Hope is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hope
• Marysville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Marysville is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
• Mount Holly
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Holly is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Holly <1>
• Snipe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Snipe is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipe
• Spotville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Spotville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spotville
• Tide Water
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tide Water is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide Water
• Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Village is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village

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

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

• Magnolia, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Village Junction to Magnolia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,542 miles [12,137.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,418 miles [8,719.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'