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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 Tafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tafton and the surrounding area.
- 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 Tafton:
- 34.619538, -92.221260
- 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 Tafton
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Tafton is near Saline County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Tafton
Communities Also Named Tafton ...
We found two communities that are also named Tafton.
Within Arkansas, the name Tafton is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Tafton.
- Pennsylvania
- Pike County
- This Tafton is located in Pike County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tafton that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Tafton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tafton ...
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.
- Charity ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Deer Meadow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
- Dickey ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dickey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Gum Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hot Springs Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs Junction is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Junction
- Iron Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Iron Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Landmark
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Little Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mabelvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadowcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Ponderosa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rose City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Rusty Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Skylark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Skylark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylark
- Sweet Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Woodland Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
- Woodyardville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodyardville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyardville
How Far From Tafton 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 Tafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tafton and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Tafton to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,443 miles [11,978.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,319 miles [8,560.1 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Tafton 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tafton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tafton 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 Tafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6195, Longitude: -92.2213 In this case, the coordinates for Tafton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.136 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.447 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.369 degrees. |
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