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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 Heber Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heber Springs and the surrounding area.
- 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 Heber Springs:
- 35.491529, -92.030262
- 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 Heber Springs
- 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
- Since Heber Springs is near White County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 Heber Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heber 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.
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crossroads is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Ida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Libby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Libby is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Lone Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lower Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Ferry is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
- Post Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Post Oak is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Price Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Price Ford is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ford
- Rainbow Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tumbling Shoals
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Heber Springs 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 city such as Heber Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heber Springs and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Heber Springs to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 856 miles [1,377.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,393 miles [11,897.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,271 miles [8,482.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heber Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Heber Springs 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 Heber Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4915, Longitude: -92.0303 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.084 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.131 degrees. |
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