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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 Walnut Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut Ridge 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 Walnut Ridge:
    • 36.068319, -90.955964
    • 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 Walnut Ridge
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Walnut Ridge is near Randolph County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Walnut Ridge

Communities Also Named Walnut Ridge ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Walnut Ridge.

There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Walnut Ridge.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Arkansas ...
    • Grant County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Grant County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Walnut Ridge.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the west of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Will County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Walnut Ridge [Clark County].
      • Jennings County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Jennings County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Walnut Ridge.
      • Carroll County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Carroll County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km] to the east northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Wake County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the east of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lawrence County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Rutherford County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the east of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Lamar County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Walnut Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walnut Ridge that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Walnut Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut Ridge ...

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.

  • Aa Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Aa Junction is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aa Junction
  • Clover Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clover Bend is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bend
  • College City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • College City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
    • Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
  • Fender
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fender is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fender
  • Hopewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hopewell is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Lauratown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lauratown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauratown
  • Lesterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lesterville is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesterville
  • Ponders
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ponders is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders
  • Richwoods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richwoods is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
  • Whiskerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiskerville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskerville

How Far From Walnut Ridge 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 city such as Walnut Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut Ridge and extending to:

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Walnut Ridge to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,199 miles [8,367 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Walnut Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Walnut Ridge 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.
<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 Walnut Ridge, 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 Walnut Ridge 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 Walnut Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0683, Longitude: -90.9560    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.431 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.822 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.541 degrees.