Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McGintytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGintytown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McGintytown

• 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 McGintytown:
  • 35.247305, -92.291819
  • 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 McGintytown

• 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 Faulkner County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
  • Since McGintytown is near Van Buren County and also Cleburne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne 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 McGintytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near McGintytown ...

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.

• Barney
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Barney is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
• Centerville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Enders
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Enders is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
• Enola
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Enola is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
• Guy
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Guy is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
• Holland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Holland is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
• Old Texas
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Old Texas is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Texas
• Pinnacle Springs ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinnacle Springs is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Springs
• Republican
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Republican is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republican
• Soda Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Soda Valley is located in Faulkner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Valley

How Far From McGintytown 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 McGintytown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McGintytown and extending to:

• Conway, which is the Seat of Faulkner County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McGintytown to Conway, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 876 miles [1,409.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,416 miles [11,934.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,293 miles [8,518.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'