Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pisgah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pisgah and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pisgah
- 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 Pisgah:
- 35.247028, -93.076840
- 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 Pisgah
- 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since Pisgah is near Yell County and also Conway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yell County
- eBird sighting report for Conway 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 Pisgah ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Pisgah.
There are two communities within Arkansas that are also named Pisgah.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Pike County
- Yell County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- This Pisgah is located in Jackson County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pisgah.
- Limestone County
- This Pisgah is located in Limestone County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km] to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Pisgah.
- Montgomery County
- This Pisgah is located in Montgomery County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east southeast of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pisgah.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Greene County
- This Pisgah is located in Greene County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Pisgah.
- Prentiss County
- This Pisgah is located in Prentiss County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Pisgah.
- Rankin County
- This Pisgah is located in Rankin County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the southeast of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Pisgah.
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- DeKalb County
- This Pisgah is located in DeKalb County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pisgah.
- Giles County
- This Pisgah is located in Giles County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Pisgah.
- Shelby County
- This Pisgah is located in Shelby County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Pisgah.
- Weakley County
- This Pisgah is located in Weakley County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the east northeast of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Pisgah.
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- This Pisgah is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Pisgah.
- Navarro County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Navarro County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Pisgah.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Pisgah [Augusta County].
- Tazewell County
- This Pisgah is located in Tazewell County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pisgah that is located in Pope County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Pisgah.
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pisgah ...
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.
- Cotton Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Fowler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Gold Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Holla Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holla Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holla Bend
- Holla Bend is located in Pope County
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Libby Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Libby Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby Ferry
- Libby Ferry is located in Conway County
- Mars Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Pottsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Pottsville is located in Pope County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
- Former names for Pottsville:
- Pott's Inn
- Pott's Station
- Prosperity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Reeds Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Reeds Ferry is located in Pope County
How Far From Pisgah 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 Pisgah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Pisgah once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pisgah and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Pisgah to Little Rock, with an average speed<5> 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 917 miles [1,475.8 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 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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- Pisgah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pisgah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2470, Longitude: -93.0768 In this case, the coordinates for Pisgah 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 Pisgah, 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 Pisgah 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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pisgah to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.746 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.238 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.644 degrees. |