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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 Warm Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warm Springs 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 Warm Springs:
    • 36.481358, -91.050513
    • 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 Warm Springs
  • 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 Warm Springs ...

We found ten communities that share the name Warm Springs.

Within Arkansas, the name Warm Springs is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Talladega County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Warm Springs.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Warm Springs is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the west of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Warm Springs.
    • Georgia
      • Meriwether County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Meriwether County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Warm Springs.
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 1,304 miles [2,098.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Warm Springs.
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Nye County and lies 1,390 miles [2,237 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Warm Springs.
      • White Pine County
      • This Warm Springs is located in White Pine County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km] to the west northwest of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Warm Springs.
    • Oregon
      • Crook 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 Oregon community of Warm Springs [Crook County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Warm Springs.
      • Malheur 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 Oregon community of Warm Springs [Malheur County].
    • Virginia
      • Bath County
      • This Warm Springs is located in Bath County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Warm Springs that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Warm Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Warm Springs ...

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.

  • Baker Den ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker Den have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Den
    • Baker Den is located in Randolph County
  • Brakebill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brakebill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
    • Brakebill is located in Randolph County
  • Burr
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
    • Burr is located in Ripley County (MO)
  • Calm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
    • Calm is located in Oregon County (MO)
  • Elm Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
    • Elm Store is located in Randolph County
  • Mock ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
    • Mock is located in Randolph County
  • Palestine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palestine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Palestine is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palestine <5>
  • Ponder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ponder have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
    • Ponder is located in Ripley County (MO)
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County
  • Supply
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Supply have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
    • Supply is located in Randolph County
  • Tucker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in Ripley County (MO)

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

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

  • Pocahontas, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Warm Springs to Pocahontas, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Warm Springs. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Warm Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Warm Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4814, Longitude: -91.0505       In this case, the coordinates for Warm Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Warm Springs 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 Warm Springs, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<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 Warm Springs 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 316.519 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.979 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.502 degrees.









 

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