Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Eureka Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eureka Garden and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Eureka Garden

• 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 Eureka Garden:
  • 34.797035, -92.182369
  • 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 Eureka Garden

• 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
  • Since Eureka Garden is near Lonoke County and also Faulkner County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lonoke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Eureka Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eureka Garden ...

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.

• Booker
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Booker is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
• Charity ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Charity is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
• Dixie
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixie is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Fairman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairman is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
• Gravel Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gravel Ridge is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Ridge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gravel Ridge <1>
• Park Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
• Pecan Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
• Rose City
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose City is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
• Silver Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
• Tanglewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
• Timber Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
• Valentine
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Valentine is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eureka Garden and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the southwest (SW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Eureka Garden to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'