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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 Spring Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Bank 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 Spring Bank:
    • 33.090966, -93.866290
    • 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 Spring Bank
  • 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
    • Since Spring Bank is near Lafayette County and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
  • 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 Spring Bank

Communities Also Named Spring Bank ...

We found three communities that are also named Spring Bank.

Within Arkansas, the name Spring Bank is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Spring Bank [Dixon County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Spring Bank is located in Centre County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Spring Bank that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Spring Bank.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Spring Bank is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Spring Bank that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Spring Bank.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Bank ...

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.

  • Black Diamond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Diamond is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
  • Boggy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Boggy is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
  • Brightstar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Brightstar is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightstar
  • Era ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Era is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
  • Frog Level ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
  • Gin City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gin City is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
  • Ida
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ida is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Jonesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jonesville is located in Miller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Missionary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Missionary is located in Caddo Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
  • Walnut Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Spring Bank 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 Spring Bank 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<3> community of Spring Bank once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Bank and extending to:

  • Texarkana, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Bank to Texarkana, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Spring Bank 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Bank) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Spring Bank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Spring Bank 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 Spring Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0910, Longitude: -93.8663       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.049 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.31 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.326 degrees.