Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mountain Pine:
  • 34.570217, -93.172358
  • 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 Pine

• 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 Garland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
  • Since Mountain Pine is near Hot Spring County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Mountain Pine

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Pine ...

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.

• Bear
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bear is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
• Bonanza Springs ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bonanza Springs is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Springs
• Bucksville ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bucksville is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
• Crystal Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Crystal Springs is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
• Euclid Heights
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Euclid Heights is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
• Hempwallace
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hempwallace is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempwallace
• Hot Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hot Springs is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,939 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <1>
• Kaiser Ferry
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kaiser Ferry is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser Ferry
• Mountain Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Valley is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
• Pleasant Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Royal
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Royal is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royal <1>
• Sunshine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunshine is located in Garland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine

How Far From Mountain Pine 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 city such as Mountain Pine to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Hot Springs, which is the Seat of Garland County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Pine to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,484 miles [12,044.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,361 miles [8,627.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'