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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 Jonesboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro:
    • 32.240886, -92.714678
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jonesboro
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Jonesboro ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Jonesboro.

Within Louisiana, the name Jonesboro is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jonesboro [Baldwin County].
      • Franklin County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Franklin County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Jonesboro.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Jefferson County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km] to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Jonesboro.
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Craighead County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Jonesboro.
    • Florida
      • Dixie County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Dixie County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Jonesboro.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Clayton County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Jonesboro.
    • Illinois
      • Union County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Union County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Jonesboro.
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Grant County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Jonesboro.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Washington County and lies 1,597 miles [2,570.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Jonesboro.
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonesboro [Lee County].
      • Moore County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonesboro [Moore County].
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Clinton County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jonesboro.
      • Fayette County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Fayette County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Jonesboro.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Malheur County and lies 1,576 miles [2,536.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Jonesboro.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jonesboro [Maury County].
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Coryell County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the west of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Jonesboro.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jonesboro [Brunswick County].
      • Nelson County
      • This Jonesboro is located in Nelson County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Jonesboro that is located in Jackson Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Jonesboro.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jonesboro ...

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.

  • Danville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Danville is located in Bienville Parish
  • English
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for English. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
    • English is located in Bienville Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to English
    • From Jonesboro to English
  • Evergreen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Jackson Parish
  • Hebron
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
  • Hilltop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Jackson Parish
  • Hodge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hodge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
    • Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodge <6>
  • Punkin Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Punkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
    • Punkin Center is located in Jackson Parish
  • Quitman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
    • Rockfield is located in Jackson Parish

How Far From Jonesboro 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 town such as Jonesboro to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Jonesboro to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 991 miles [1,594.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,576 miles [12,192.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,451 miles [8,772.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Jonesboro 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 parish. 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.
<2>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- Jonesboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jonesboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2409, Longitude: -92.7147    
<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 Jonesboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Jonesboro to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.217 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.227 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.953 degrees.