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 Eureka Springs:
34.243721, -89.864534
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 Eureka Springs
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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Eureka Springs.
Within Mississippi, the name Eureka Springs is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Carroll County
This Eureka Springs is located in Carroll County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eureka Springs that is located in Panola County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Eureka Springs.
Georgia
Screven 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 Georgia community of Eureka Springs [Screven County].
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Eureka Springs is located in Cumberland County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east of the Eureka Springs that is located in Panola County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Eureka Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eureka Springs ...
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.
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 Eureka Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eureka Springs and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Eureka Springs to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 779 miles [1,253.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,237 miles [8,428.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Eureka Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Eureka Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Eureka Springs 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 Eureka Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2437, Longitude: -89.8645 In this case, the coordinates for Eureka Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.607 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.621 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.416 degrees.