Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hill Top, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hill Top and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hill Top
- 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 Hill Top:
- 36.142574, -93.255735
- 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 Hill Top
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Hill Top is near Newton County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Newton County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Hill Top ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hill Top.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Hill Top.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hill Top [Calhoun County].
- Marengo County
- This Hill Top is located in Marengo County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Hill Top.
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Fleming County
- This Hill Top is located in Fleming County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Hill Top.
- McCreary County
- This Hill Top is located in McCreary County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCreary County community of Hill Top.
- Menifee County
- This Hill Top is located in Menifee County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east northeast of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Hill Top.
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Sanpete County
- This Hill Top is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Hill Top.
- Weber County
- This Hill Top is located in Weber County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km] to the west northwest of the Hill Top that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Hill Top.
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hill Top ...
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.
- Allfriend ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Diamond Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Cave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Cave
- Diamond Cave is located in Newton County
- Dogpatch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Flatwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Francis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - George
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Gobbler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Grubb Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubb Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
- Grubb Springs is located in Boone County
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <5>
- Little Arkansaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Arkansaw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Arkansaw
- Little Arkansaw is located in Boone County
- Little Buffalo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buffalo
- Little Buffalo is located in Newton County
- Red Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
- Sulphur Spring is located in Newton County
How Far From Hill Top 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 Hill Top to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hill Top and extending to:
- Harrison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hill Top to Harrison, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,411 miles [11,926.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hill Top. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hill Top) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hill Top. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1426, Longitude: -93.2557 In this case, the coordinates for Hill Top have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Hill Top, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hill Top 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. |
| <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 Hill Top 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 317.937 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.578 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.572 degrees. |