Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Tunica:
  • 34.703210, -90.377726
  • 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 North Tunica

• 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 North Tunica is near Tate County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tate County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 North Tunica

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Tunica ...

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.

• Clack
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clack is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clack
• Commerce
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Commerce is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
• Commerce Landing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Commerce Landing is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Landing
• Dubbs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dubbs is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
• Fox Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Island is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Island
• Green River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Green River is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
• Little Texas
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Texas is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
• Lost Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lost Lake is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
• Maud
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Maud is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
• Peters
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
• Robinsonville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
• Savage
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Savage is located in Tate County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage

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

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

• Tunica, which is the Seat of Tunica County, lies just to the South.
• Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from North Tunica to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 791 miles [1,273 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 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,237 miles [8,428.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'