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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 Hot Springs Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hot Springs Junction 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 Hot Springs Junction:
- 34.713426, -92.285428
- 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 Hot Springs Junction
- 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 Hot Springs Junction is near Saline County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Hot Springs Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hot Springs Junction ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Dixie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Little Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowcliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Park Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pecan Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
- Ponderosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rose City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rusty Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Skylark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Skylark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylark
- Sweet Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Woodyardville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodyardville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyardville
How Far From Hot Springs Junction 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 Hot Springs Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hot Springs Junction and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hot Springs Junction 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 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,441 miles [11,975.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,317 miles [8,556.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hot Springs Junction) 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 Hot Springs Junction 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 Hot Springs Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7134, Longitude: -92.2854 In this case, the coordinates for Hot Springs Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.185 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.381 degrees. |
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