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 Morgan Springs:
34.892323, -94.333549
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 Morgan 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Morgan Springs.
Within Arkansas, the name Morgan Springs is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Perry County
This Morgan Springs is located in Perry County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Morgan Springs that is located in Scott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Morgan Springs.
California
Tehama County
This Morgan Springs is located in Tehama County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Morgan Springs that is located in Scott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Morgan Springs.
Tennessee
Rhea County
This Morgan Springs is located in Rhea County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the east of the Morgan Springs that is located in Scott County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Morgan Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgan 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.
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 Morgan Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morgan Springs and extending to:
Waldron, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Morgan Springs to Waldron, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the east (E). 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 992 miles [1,596.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,781 miles [10,913 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,515 miles [12,094.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,394 miles [8,680.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morgan Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Morgan Springs 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 Morgan Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8923, Longitude: -94.3335 In this case, the coordinates for Morgan Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.54 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.117 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.269 degrees.