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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 Tomato, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tomato 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 Tomato:
- 35.843687, -89.741192
- 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 Tomato
- 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
- Since Tomato is near Lauderdale County and also Dyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dyer 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 Tomato
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tomato ...
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.
- Chic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chic is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chic
- Clear Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Daniels Point Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Golddust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Lightfoot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Lower Forked Deer Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Michell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Michell is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michell
- Olive Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Promised Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Three Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Three Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Point
How Far From Tomato to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tomato to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tomato and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tomato to Little Rock, with an average speed<2>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 727 miles [1,170 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tomato) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tomato 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 Tomato. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8437, Longitude: -89.7412 In this case, the coordinates for Tomato have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.638 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.875 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.047 degrees. |
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