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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 Bentonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bentonville 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 Bentonville:
    • 38.100584, -93.449093
    • 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 Bentonville
  • 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Since Bentonville is near Saint Clair County and also Hickory County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickory 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 Bentonville

Communities Also Named Bentonville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Bentonville.

Within Missouri, the name Bentonville is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Bentonville is located in Benton County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Bentonville.
    • Indiana
      • Fayette County
      • This Bentonville is located in Fayette County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bentonville.
    • Iowa
      • Wayne 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 Iowa community of Bentonville [Wayne County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Bentonville is located in Johnston County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the east of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Bentonville.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Bentonville is located in Adams County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Bentonville.
    • Texas
      • Jim Wells County
      • This Bentonville is located in Jim Wells County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Bentonville.
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This Bentonville is located in Warren County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the east of the Bentonville that is located in Benton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bentonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bentonville ...

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.

  • Butcher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Butcher is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher
  • Cold Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cold Springs is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Dell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dell is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
  • Dell Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dell Junction is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Junction
  • Fox Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Run is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Harper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Harper is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Opportunity Farms
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Opportunity Farms is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity Farms
  • Round Bottom Ford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Bottom Ford is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom Ford
  • Terry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Terry is located in Saint Clair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Wisdom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wisdom is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom

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

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bentonville to Warsaw, 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,208 miles [8,381.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bentonville) 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 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 Bentonville 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 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.
<4>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 Bentonville 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 Bentonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1006, Longitude: -93.4491       In this case, the coordinates for Bentonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.204 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.144 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.303 degrees.