Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cave Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cave Spring
- 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 Cave Spring:
- 36.204795, -93.572967
- 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 Cave Spring
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Cave Spring is near Madison County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Newton 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 Cave Spring ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Cave Spring.
Within Arkansas, the name Cave Spring is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- This Cave Spring is located in Colbert County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Cave Spring.
- Fayette 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 Alabama community of Cave Spring [Fayette County].
- Jackson County
- This Cave Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km] to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Cave Spring.
- Lauderdale County
- This Cave Spring is located in Lauderdale County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km] to the east southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cave Spring.
- Madison 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 Alabama community of Cave Spring [Madison County].
- Georgia
- Floyd County
- This Cave Spring is located in Floyd County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cave Spring.
- Kansas
- Butler 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 Cave Spring [Butler County].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- This Cave Spring is located in Breckinridge County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Cave Spring.
- Logan County
- This Cave Spring is located in Logan County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cave Spring.
- Missouri
- Greene County
- This Cave Spring is located in Greene County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the north of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cave Spring.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Cave Spring is located in Claiborne County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Cave Spring.
- Montgomery County
- This Cave Spring is located in Montgomery County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cave Spring.
- Virginia
- Roanoke County
- This Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Cave Spring.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave Spring ...
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.
- Chaplin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Dean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Dryfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Dryfork is located in Carroll County
- Forum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Gobbler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Marble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Marble is located in Madison County
- Purdy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rockhouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Rule
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Truth ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Wolf Pen ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Cave Spring once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cave Spring and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cave Spring to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,421 miles [11,942.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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- Cave Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cave Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2048, Longitude: -93.5730 In this case, the coordinates for Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cave Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Cave Spring 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 318.152 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.836 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.707 degrees. |