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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Valley:
    • 34.629258, -93.056846
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mountain Valley
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mountain Valley ...

We found six communities that share the name Mountain Valley.

Within Arkansas, the name Mountain Valley is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mountain Valley [Walker County].
    • Kentucky
      • Breathitt County
      • This Mountain Valley is located in Breathitt County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mountain Valley that is located in Garland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Mountain Valley.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Mountain Valley is located in Henderson County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the east of the Mountain Valley that is located in Garland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Mountain Valley.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mountain Valley [Lackawanna County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Mountain Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mountain Valley that is located in Garland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Mountain Valley.
    • Virginia
      • Henry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mountain Valley [Henry County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Valley ...

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.

  • Bonanza Springs ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Springs
    • Bonanza Springs is located in Garland County
  • Dripping Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dripping Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Dripping Springs is located in Garland County
  • Euclid Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Euclid Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
    • Euclid Heights is located in Garland County
  • Fountain Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
    • Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Hot Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hot Springs Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jessieville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lena ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lena have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Lena is located in Garland County
  • Mountain Pine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Pine
    • Mountain Pine is located in Garland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Pine <5>

How Far From Mountain Valley to ...

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 Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Valley and extending to:

  • Hot Springs, which is the Seat of Garland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Valley to Hot Springs, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,476 miles [12,031.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,354 miles [8,616.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mountain Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Garland County: www.garlandcounty.org/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mountain Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6293, Longitude: -93.0568       In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mountain Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.678 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.079 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.737 degrees.




 

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