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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 Tishomingo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo:
    • 34.238468, -96.683205
    • 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 Tishomingo
  • 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 Johnston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnston County
    • Since Tishomingo is near Marshall County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan 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 Tishomingo

Communities Also Named Tishomingo ...

We found one communities that are also named Tishomingo.

Within Oklahoma, the name Tishomingo is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, there is another community also named Tishomingo in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Tishomingo County
      • This Tishomingo is located in Tishomingo County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the east of the Tishomingo that is located in Johnston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tishomingo County community of Tishomingo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tishomingo ...

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.

  • Bromide
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bromide Junction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bromide Junction is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromide Junction
  • Brown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Dickson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dickson is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,256 people
  • Earl
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Earl is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
  • Hopewell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Little City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Little City is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little City
  • Mannsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mead
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Robinson Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinson Corner is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
  • Silo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Silo is located in Bryan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people

How Far From Tishomingo to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Tishomingo to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tishomingo to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,641 miles [12,297 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,522 miles [8,886.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Tishomingo) 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 Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2385, Longitude: -96.6832       In this case, the coordinates for Tishomingo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.04 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.786 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.434 degrees.