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 Springs:
35.026198, -92.070424
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 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 Lonoke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Mountain Springs.
Within Arkansas, the name Mountain Springs is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Jones County
This Mountain Springs is located in Jones County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mountain Springs that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Mountain Springs.
Nevada
Clark County
This Mountain Springs is located in Clark County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the west of the Mountain Springs that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Mountain Springs.
Humboldt County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Mountain Springs.
White Pine County
This community is historic and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Mountain Springs.
Pennsylvania
Mountain Springs #
This community is historic and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Mountain Springs.
Texas
Cooke County
This Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mountain Springs that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Mountain Springs.
Virginia
Scott County
This Mountain Springs is located in Scott County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Springs that is located in Lonoke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Mountain Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain 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 Mountain Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Springs and extending to:
Lonoke, which is the Seat of Lonoke County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Springs to Lonoke, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 870 miles [1,400.1 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 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,294 miles [8,519.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Mountain Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mountain Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 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 Mountain Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0262, Longitude: -92.0704 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.073 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.427 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.232 degrees.