Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Higgins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higgins and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Higgins
- 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 Higgins:
- 34.651482, -92.234038
- 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 Higgins
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Higgins is near Saline County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saline County
- eBird sighting report for Lonoke 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 Higgins ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Higgins.
Within Arkansas, the name Higgins is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
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- Jefferson County
- This Higgins is located in Jefferson County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Higgins that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Higgins.
- Lipscomb County
- This Higgins is located in Lipscomb County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the west northwest of the Higgins that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lipscomb County community of Higgins.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Higgins ...
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.
- Charity ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Deer Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
- Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
- Dickey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Dixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Gum Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Hot Springs Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Junction
- Hot Springs Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Iron Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Iron Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Landmark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Little Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197,866 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Rock <5>
- Meadowcliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowcliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Ponderosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rose City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Rusty Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rusty Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Skylark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Sweet Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Woodland Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
- Woodland Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Woodyardville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodyardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyardville
- Woodyardville is located in Pulaski County
- Rose City
How Far From Higgins 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 community such as Higgins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Higgins and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Higgins to White House, with an average speed<6>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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,318 miles [8,558.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Higgins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pulaski County: www.co.pulaski.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Higgins 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. |
| <2> | 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- Higgins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Higgins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6515, Longitude: -92.2340 In this case, the coordinates for Higgins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Higgins, 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> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Higgins to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.147 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.464 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.369 degrees. |