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 Mountain Grove:
35.055649, -93.810477
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 Mountain Grove
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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Mountain Grove.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Mountain Grove.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Franklin County
This Mountain Grove is located in Franklin County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Mountain Grove.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Blount County
This Mountain Grove is located in Blount County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Mountain Grove.
Missouri
Wright County
This Mountain Grove is located in Wright County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Mountain Grove.
North Carolina
Macon County
This Mountain Grove is located in Macon County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the east of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Mountain Grove.
Ontario
This Mountain Grove lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Mountain Grove.
Virginia
Bath County
This Mountain Grove is located in Bath County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Grove that is located in Logan County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Mountain Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Grove ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mountain Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Grove and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Grove to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 960 miles [1,545 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,486 miles [12,047.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,365 miles [8,634.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mountain Grove) 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 Mountain Grove 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 Mountain Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0556, Longitude: -93.8105 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.21 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.754 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.006 degrees.