Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Iron Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iron Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Iron Springs
- 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 Iron Springs:
- 33.872609, -93.404619
- 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 Iron 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Iron Springs is near Hempstead County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hempstead County
- eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Iron Springs ...
We found nine communities that share the name Iron Springs.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Iron Springs.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Pulaski County
- This Iron Springs is located in Pulaski County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Iron Springs.
- Pulaski County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Iron Springs lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This Iron Springs is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<1> to the west of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Iron Springs.
- Colorado
- Otero County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Iron Springs [Otero County].
- San Miguel County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in San Miguel County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Iron Springs.
- Idaho
- Iron Springs #1
- This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Iron Springs.
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Iron Springs is located in Adams County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Iron Springs.
- Utah
- Iron County
- This Iron Springs is located in Iron County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Iron Springs.
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Iron Springs is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Iron Springs that is located in Nevada County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Iron Springs.
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron 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.
- Billstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Delight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
- Delight is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delight <4>
- Drab ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Emmet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Haretown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Love Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Love Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Creek
- Love Creek is located in Clark County
- Meeks Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeks Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Settlement
- Meeks Settlement is located in Clark County
- Native ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Pike Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Junction
- Pike Junction is located in Clark County
- Piney Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Pike County
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Nevada County
How Far From Iron Springs 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 Iron Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Iron Springs and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Iron Springs to Little Rock, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,404 miles [8,696.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Iron Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Nevada County: www.co.nevada.ar.us/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iron Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8726, Longitude: -93.4046 In this case, the coordinates for Iron Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Iron Springs 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. |
| <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 Iron Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Iron Springs 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 317.832 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.159 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.01 degrees. |