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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 Shorewood Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shorewood Hills 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 Shorewood Hills:
    • 34.437591, -92.896006
    • 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 Shorewood Hills
  • 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 Hot Spring County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hot Spring County
    • Since Shorewood Hills is near Garland County and also Saline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saline 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Shorewood Hills

Communities Also Named Shorewood Hills ...

We found two communities that are also named Shorewood Hills.

Within Arkansas, the name Shorewood Hills is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Shorewood Hills is located in Berrien County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shorewood Hills that is located in Hot Spring County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Shorewood Hills.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • This Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shorewood Hills that is located in Hot Spring County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Shorewood Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shorewood Hills ...

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.

  • Cove Creek ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cove Creek is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
  • Diamondhead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Diamondhead is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
  • High Point ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • High Point is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Jones Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jones Mills is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mills
  • Lake Catherine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lake Catherine is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
  • Magnet Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Price
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Price is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Red Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Red Oak is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Rockport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockport is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Social Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Social Hill is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Social Hill

How Far From Shorewood Hills 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 Shorewood Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Malvern, which is the Seat of Hot Spring County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Shorewood Hills to Little Rock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 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 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,479 miles [12,036.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,356 miles [8,619.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shorewood Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Shorewood Hills 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 Shorewood Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4376, Longitude: -92.8960       In this case, the coordinates for Shorewood Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.556 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.911 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.697 degrees.