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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 Tom Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tom Town 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 Tom Town:
- 36.869415, -93.809895
- 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 Tom Town
- 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 Barry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barry County
- Since Tom Town is near Lawrence County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Tom Town
Communities Also Named Tom Town ...
We found one communities that are also named Tom Town.
Within Missouri, the name Tom Town is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Tom Town in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Tom Town is located in Cocke County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the east of the Tom Town that is located in Barry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Tom Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tom Town ...
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.
- Aurora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Forest Park ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Globe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Jenkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Purdy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sage Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sage Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hill
- Star City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Star City is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
How Far From Tom Town 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 Tom Town 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<3> community of Tom Town once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Tom Town and extending to:
- Cassville, which is the Seat of Barry County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tom Town to Cassville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,398 miles [11,905.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,280 miles [8,497.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tom Town) 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> | 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 Tom Town, 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 Tom Town 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 Tom Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8694, Longitude: -93.8099 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.361 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.165 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.701 degrees. |
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