About Little Rock
The satellite view shows Little Rock, the seat of Pulaski County, largest city, and capital of the State of
Arkansas in the
United States. The city lies in the geographical center of the state, on the southern bank of the Arkansas River, opposite the town of North Little Rock, about 220 km (137 mi) west of
Memphis (TN).
Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock.
Image: Eukesh
The French adventurer La Harpe established a trading post in 1719 on the Red River near what is now Texarkana in Texas, - then he moved on and in 1722 (aged 38) he built a trading post at the Arkansas River near the rock formation that inspired the name of the city (Petite Roche).
Almost one hundred years later Little Rock was surveyed, and in 1821 the town became the capital of the Arkansas Territory.
Today Little Rock is a mid-sized American city with a population of 198,000 inhabitants (in 2015), about 731,000 people live in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area.
The city is home to the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a national public research university, and the impressive building of the
Clinton Presidential Center, the presidential library of Bill Clinton, who was the 42nd President of the United States.
Little Rock points of interest:
William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
Image: Thomas R Machnitzki
Little Rock is known for its thriving New South culture, and it is one of the top Arkansas vacation spots.
Historical places:
Old State House Museum, the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi, built in 1836. The Old State House is now a museum with exhibits related to Arkansas history and culture.
Arkansas State Capitol is a scale replica of the US capitol; it houses offices of the state of Arkansas.
Places to go:
Little Rock
River Market District with restaurants, shops, art galleries, museums, bars, and seasonal farmers markets.
Visual arts:
Arkansas Art Center
The state's leading art institution with eight galleries and a museum school.
Vogel Schwartz Sculpture Garden, 90 works of public art along the banks of the Arkansas River.
Performing arts:
“Testament: The Little Rock Nine Monument” honors the courage of the nine African-American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School who began the process of desegregating the city’s public schools in 1957.
Image: US Civil Rights Trail
Robinson Center, a music hall, convention center, performance theater and the performance space for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, currently under renovation.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
The Rep is Arkansas' largest non-profit professional theater, founded in 1976.
Community Theatre of Little Rock
CTLR is a Theater group founded in 1956.
Museums:
Arkansas Museum of Discovery
A museum
where you can explore science, technology, engineering, and math.
Historic Arkansas Museum HAM
Arkansas’s oldest history museum.
Churches:
Cathedral of St. Andrew, historic church and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.
Convention Center:
Statehouse Convention Center, spacious venue attached to the Little Rock Marriott.
Shopping and dining:
Little Rock River Market with the Ottenheimer Market Hall situated at the Arkansas River, offers food and fun, coffee and apple pie, bread and pastries, an amphitheater, and two historic streetcar lines.
Parks:
Riverfront Park, park on the south bank of the Arkansas River.
Amusement parks:
Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, amusement and water parks in Hot Springs, features the Arkansas Twister, a wooden rollercoaster. Funland Amusement Park is a small amusement park located in Burns Park; the park offers ball fields, a 36-hole golf course, multi-use trails and fishing in the Arkansas River.
Sports:
Jack Stephens Center, a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena, home to the UALR volleyball and the men's and women's basketball teams. Barton Coliseum, 7,150-seat multi-purpose arena within the Arkansas State Fairgrounds.
Dickey-Stephens Park, baseball park, home field for the Arkansas Travelers (The Travs).
State fair:
Arkansas State Fair (annually in October, with a livestock show, bull riding, and live music).
Just zoom in (+) to see Arkansas State Capitol, a neoclassical building constructed between 1899 and 1915, it houses the government of the state of Arkansas.
The page shows a city map of Little Rock with expressways, main roads, and streets, and the location of
Little Rock National Airport (
IATA code: LIT) situated east of the city.
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