Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pilgrims Rest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pilgrims Rest and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pilgrims Rest
- 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 Pilgrims Rest:
- 36.187298, -93.994088
- 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 Pilgrims Rest
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Pilgrims Rest is near Benton County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pilgrims Rest ...
We found five communities that share the name Pilgrims Rest.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Pilgrims Rest.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Phillips County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Phillips County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Phillips County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pilgrims Rest [Attala County].
- Texas
- Rains 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 Texas community of Pilgrims Rest [Rains County].
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Pilgrims Rest is located in Fauquier County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pilgrims Rest that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Pilgrims Rest.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pilgrims Rest ...
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.
- Accident
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Beau-O-Rama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beau-O-Rama have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beau-O-Rama
- Beau-O-Rama is located in Washington County
- Buckeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Cottage Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cottage Hill is located in Benton County
- Denny Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denny Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Ford
- Denny Ford is located in Madison County
- Hickory Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Benton County
- Hindsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hindsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindsville
- Hindsville is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hindsville <5>
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Pleasure Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasure Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Heights
- Pleasure Heights is located in Benton County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Sharp Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharp Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Ford
- Sharp Ford is located in Benton County
- Silver Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Benton County
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Van Winkle Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Winkle Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle Ferry
- Van Winkle Ferry is located in Benton County
- War Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle
- War Eagle is located in Benton County
- War Eagle Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Eagle Cove
- War Eagle Cove is located in Washington County
- Sharp Ford
How Far From Pilgrims Rest 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 community such as Pilgrims Rest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pilgrims Rest and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pilgrims Rest to Fayetteville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 945 miles [1,520.8 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,319 miles [8,560.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pilgrims Rest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.ar.us/
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Pilgrims Rest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pilgrims Rest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1873, Longitude: -93.9941 In this case, the coordinates for Pilgrims Rest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Pilgrims Rest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pilgrims Rest 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 Pilgrims Rest 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 318.43 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.157 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.905 degrees. |