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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 Tuscany, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuscany 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 Tuscany:
- 35.696467, -91.108457
- 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 Tuscany
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Tuscany is near Poinsett County and also Craighead County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Poinsett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Craighead 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 Tuscany
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuscany ...
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.
- Airport Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Airport Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Credit ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Credit is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crossroads is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Fisher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Grubbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnstown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Murphys Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Murphys Corner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Tuckerman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Uno
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Uno is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
How Far From Tuscany 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 Tuscany to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Tuscany once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tuscany and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tuscany to Newport, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 802 miles [1,290.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,223 miles [8,405.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tuscany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tuscany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tuscany 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 Tuscany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6965, Longitude: -91.1085 In this case, the coordinates for Tuscany have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.856 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.681 degrees. |
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