Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Melanie Park:
  • 34.810369, -92.275150
  • 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 Melanie Park

• 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 Melanie Park is near Faulkner County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner 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 Melanie Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Melanie Park ...

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.

• Amboy
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Amboy is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
• Booker
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Booker is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
• Crystal Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Crystal Hill is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
• Dixie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dixie is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Eureka Garden
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Eureka Garden is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Garden
• Fairman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairman is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
• Little Rock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Rock <1>
• Mineral ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mineral is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
• Oak Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Grove is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
• Overlook Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Overlook Park is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Park
• Park Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
• Pecan Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
• Continue List   (4 more) ...
  • Rose City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rose City is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
  • Silver Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Tanglewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Timber Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Melanie Park and extending to:

• Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the south (S).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Melanie Park 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 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,313 miles [8,550.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'