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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 Tarkio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tarkio 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 Tarkio:
- 40.440550, -95.380858
- 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 Tarkio
- 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 Atchison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atchison County
- Since Tarkio is near Fremont County and also Page County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page 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 Tarkio
Communities Also Named Tarkio ...
We found one communities that are also named Tarkio.
Within Missouri, the name Tarkio is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Tarkio in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Mineral County
- This Tarkio is located in Mineral County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tarkio that is located in Atchison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Tarkio.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tarkio ...
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.
- Coin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Craig
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dawsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dawsonville is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Elmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Farmers City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- High Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- London ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- London is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Possum Walk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Possum Walk is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Walk
- Quitman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Rock Port
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roseberry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Roseberry is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
How Far From Tarkio 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 city such as Tarkio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tarkio and extending to:
- Rock Port, which is the Seat of Atchison County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Tarkio to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,175 miles [8,328.4 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- Tarkio) 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 Tarkio 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 Tarkio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4406, Longitude: -95.3809 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.658 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.803 degrees. |
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