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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 Lonoke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lonoke 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 Lonoke:
- 37.025781, -121.577998
- 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 Lonoke
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Lonoke is near San Benito County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Lonoke
Communities Also Named Lonoke ...
We found three communities that are also named Lonoke.
Within California, the name Lonoke is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- This Lonoke is located in Lonoke County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lonoke that is located in Santa Clara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Lonoke.
- Mississippi
- Benton 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 Mississippi community of Lonoke [Benton County].
- Tennessee
- Gibson 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 Tennessee community of Lonoke [Gibson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lonoke ...
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.
- Aromas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corporal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Corporal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corporal
- Cottage Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Corners is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Corners
- Coyote
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Day Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Mountain Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Murphy Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Crossing is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Crossing
How Far From Lonoke to ...
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 Lonoke to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lonoke and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lonoke to San Jose, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,404 miles [3,868.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,215 miles [13,220.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,257 miles [10,069.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lonoke) 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 Lonoke 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0258, Longitude: -121.5780 In this case, the coordinates for Lonoke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.411 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.163 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.647 degrees. |
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