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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 Whitlock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitlock 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 Whitlock:
    • 34.575093, -92.535715
    • 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 Whitlock
  • 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
    • Since Whitlock is near Pulaski County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Whitlock

Communities Also Named Whitlock ...

We found five communities that are also named Whitlock.

Within Arkansas, the name Whitlock is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Whitlock is located in Hillsborough County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Whitlock that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Whitlock.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Whitlock is located in Cobb County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the east of the Whitlock that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Whitlock.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This Whitlock is located in Henry County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitlock that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Whitlock.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax 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 Virginia community of Whitlock [Halifax County].
      • Louisa County
      • This Whitlock is located in Louisa County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Whitlock that is located in Saline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Whitlock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitlock ...

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.

  • Bauxite
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bauxite is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
  • Bauxite Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bauxite Junction is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite Junction
  • Dirtdauber ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dirtdauber is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dirtdauber
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Goodman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Goodman is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
  • Lena
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lena is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Lignite
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lignite is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
  • Twin Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twin Oaks is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks

How Far From Whitlock 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 Whitlock 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<3> community of Whitlock once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitlock and extending to:

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Whitlock to Little Rock, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 906 miles [1,458.1 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 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,334 miles [8,584.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitlock) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Whitlock 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 Whitlock, 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 Whitlock 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 Whitlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5751, Longitude: -92.5357       In this case, the coordinates for Whitlock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.335 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.672 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.515 degrees.