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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Top:
35.624197, -93.729969
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.
We found five communities that share the name Mountain Top.
Within Arkansas, the name Mountain Top is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Carter County
This Mountain Top is located in Carter County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Top that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Mountain Top.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Mountain Top is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mountain Top that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Mountain Top.
Luzerne County
This Mountain Top is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km] to the east northeast of the Mountain Top that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Mountain Top.
Texas
Eastland County
This Mountain Top is located in Eastland County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mountain Top that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Mountain Top.
Washington
Columbia County
This Mountain Top is located in Columbia County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mountain Top that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Mountain Top.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Top ...
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.
Edna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Top to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Top and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Top to Little Rock, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 943 miles [1,517.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,335 miles [8,585.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 Top) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Top. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6242, Longitude: -93.7300 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Top have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Top to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.207 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.825 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.877 degrees.