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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 Town and Country Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town and Country Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Town and Country Estates
- 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 Town and Country Estates:
- 34.678981, -92.368487
- 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 Town and Country Estates
- 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 Town and Country Estates is near Saline County and also Grant 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 Grant 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 Town and Country Estates
Communities Also Named Town and Country Estates ...
We found eight communities that are also named Town and Country Estates.
Within Arkansas, the name Town and Country Estates is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pike County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Pike County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Georgia
- Seminole County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Seminole County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Clinton County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Gallia County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Gallia County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the east northeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Town and Country Estates.
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Darlington County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the east of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Putnam County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Weber County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Town and Country Estates.
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Town and Country Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Town and Country Estates that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Town and Country Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town and Country Estates ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Deer Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Deer Meadow is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadow
- Douglas Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas Corner is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Corner
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Mabelvale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadowcliff
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadowcliff is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcliff
- Pecan Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pecan Lake is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Lake
- Ponderosa
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ponderosa is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rusty Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rusty Pines is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusty Pines
- Skylark
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Skylark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylark
- Terrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Terrytown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Woodland Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Ridge
How Far From Town and Country Estates 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 Town and Country Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Town and Country Estates and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Town and Country Estates to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,323 miles [8,566.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Town and Country Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Town and Country Estates 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 Town and Country Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6790, Longitude: -92.3685 In this case, the coordinates for Town and Country Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.236 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.571 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.423 degrees. |
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