Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Clack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clack and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Clack

• 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 Clack:
  • 34.845931, -90.293153
  • 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 Clack

• 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 Tunica County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tunica County
  • Since Clack is near DeSoto County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Clack

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clack ...

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.

• Commerce
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Commerce is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
• Commerce Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Commerce Landing is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Landing
• Cub Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
• Eudora
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Eudora is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
• Glover
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Glover is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
• Green River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Green River is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
• Horseshoe Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
• Lost Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lost Lake is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
• Robinsonville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
• Trinity
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Trinity is located in DeSoto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Clack and extending to:

• Tunica, which is the Seat of Tunica County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clack to Tunica, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,352 miles [11,831.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'