Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sylvan Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvan Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sylvan Hills
- 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 Sylvan Hills:
- 34.836479, -92.231260
- 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 Sylvan 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Sylvan Hills is near Faulkner County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
- eBird sighting report for Lonoke 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 Sylvan Hills ...
We found six communities that share the name Sylvan Hills.
Within Arkansas, the name Sylvan Hills is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Fulton County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the east of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Will County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Indiana
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sylvan Hills [Grant County].
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Blair County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Sylvan Hills.
- York County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in York County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the east northeast of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sylvan Hills.
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the east of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvan 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.
- Amboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Booker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Booker is located in Pulaski County
- Dixie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Eureka Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Garden
- Eureka Garden is located in Pulaski County
- Fairman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Gravel Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Ridge
- Gravel Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gravel Ridge <4>
- Melanie Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melanie Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
- Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Park Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Pecan Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Silver Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
- Timber Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Valentine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Sylvan Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sylvan Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvan Hills and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sylvan Hills to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,433 miles [11,962.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sylvan Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pulaski County: www.co.pulaski.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- Sylvan Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sylvan Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8365, Longitude: -92.2313 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvan Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Sylvan Hills 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sylvan Hills 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 317.161 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.504 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.336 degrees. |