Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Moriah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Moriah and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Moriah
- 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 Mount Moriah:
- 34.108287, -93.691324
- 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 Mount Moriah
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Mount Moriah is near Hempstead County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- eBird sighting report for Howard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Moriah ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Mount Moriah.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Mount Moriah.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Hot Spring County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Hot Spring County and lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Mount Moriah.
- Nevada County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Nevada County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Mount Moriah.
- Hot Spring County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Butler County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Mount Moriah.
- Clay County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Clay County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the east of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Mount Moriah.
- Lawrence County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Lawrence County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km] to the east of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mount Moriah.
- Indiana
- Brown 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 Mount Moriah [Brown County].
- Kansas
- Johnson 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 Kansas community of Mount Moriah [Johnson County].
- Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Mount Moriah [Montgomery County].
- Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- This Mount Moriah is located in Jackson Parish and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson Parish community of Mount Moriah.
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Washington County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mount Moriah.
- Mississippi
- Tippah County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Tippah County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Mount Moriah.
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the north of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Mount Moriah.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Mount Moriah lies 2,082 miles [3,350.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Mount Moriah.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Mount Moriah [Philadelphia County].
- Tennessee
- Benton County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Benton County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Mount Moriah.
- DeKalb 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 Mount Moriah [DeKalb County].
- Fayette County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Fayette County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Mount Moriah.
- Obion County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Obion County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Mount Moriah.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Mount Moriah is located in Jackson County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Moriah that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Mount Moriah.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Moriah ...
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.
- Ball ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Daisy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Hopewell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Maxwell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Nathan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Pike City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
- Pike City is located in Pike County
- Pleasant Home ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Pleasant Home is located in Pike County
- Reed
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Stanley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Mount Moriah to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mount Moriah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Moriah and extending to:
- Murfreesboro, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the South.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Moriah to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 980 miles [1,577.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,405 miles [8,698.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Moriah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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- Mount Moriah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Moriah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1083, Longitude: -93.6913 |
| <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 Mount Moriah 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 Mount Moriah, 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mount Moriah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.042 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.434 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.10 degrees. |