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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 Tag, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tag 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 Tag:
- 35.531470, -93.041562
- 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 Tag
- 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 Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since Tag is near Van Buren County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Tag
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tag ...
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.
- Boiling Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Bullfrog Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bullfrog Valley is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullfrog Valley
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Freeman Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Springs
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Solo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solo is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Treat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Treat is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treat
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Welcome
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Tag 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 Tag to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tag and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tag to Russellville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 908 miles [1,461.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,432 miles [11,960.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,311 miles [8,547.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Tag) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tag 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 Tag. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5315, Longitude: -93.0416 In this case, the coordinates for Tag have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.747 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.277 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.58 degrees. |
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