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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 Pulltight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pulltight and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pulltight:
    • 36.782556, -89.319239
    • 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 Pulltight
  • 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 Pulltight is near New Madrid County and also Hickman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hickman 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 Pulltight

Communities Also Named Pulltight ...

We found four communities that are also named Pulltight.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Pulltight.

Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Shannon County
      • 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 Missouri community of Pulltight [Shannon County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Pulltight is located in Etowah County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Pulltight that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Pulltight.
      • Marion County
      • 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 Alabama community of Pulltight [Marion County].
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Coryell County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coryell County community of Pulltight.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pulltight ...

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.

  • Airline Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Airline Acres is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airline Acres
  • Buckeye
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Columbus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Henson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Henson is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
  • Never Spur ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Never Spur is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Never Spur
  • Pinhook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
    • Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
  • Thirtyfour Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
  • Three States
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Three States is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three States
  • Wolf Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island

How Far From Pulltight 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 Pulltight to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pulltight and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Mississippi County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pulltight to Charleston, 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.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 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 Pulltight 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Pulltight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Pulltight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Pulltight 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 Pulltight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7826, Longitude: -89.3192       In this case, the coordinates for Pulltight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.421 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.752 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.66 degrees.