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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 Clear Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clear Spring 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 Clear Spring:
    • 34.070935, -93.382122
    • 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 Clear 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Clear Spring is near Pike County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Clear Spring

Communities Also Named Clear Spring ...

We found five communities that are also named Clear Spring.

Within Arkansas, the name Clear Spring is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Clear Spring.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Washington County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Clear Spring.
    • Missouri
      • Carter 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 Missouri community of Clear Spring [Carter County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Clear Spring.
      • York County
      • This Clear Spring is located in York County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clear Spring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clear 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.

  • Alpine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Alpine is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Delight
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Elk ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
  • Halfway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Halfway is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Haretown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Haretown is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haretown
  • Hopewell ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Love Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Love Creek is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Creek
  • Meeks Settlement
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Meeks Settlement is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Settlement
  • Native ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Native is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Native
  • Nutts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nutts is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutts
  • Pike Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pike Junction is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
  • Piney Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Grove is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove

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

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

  • Arkadelphia, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Clear Spring to Arkadelphia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,517 miles [12,097.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,393 miles [8,679.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Clear Spring) 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 Clear 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Clear Spring 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 Clear Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0709, Longitude: -93.3821       In this case, the coordinates for Clear Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.837 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.19 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.969 degrees.