Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Towering Heights:
  • 35.482860, -89.944809
  • 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 Towering Heights

• 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 Tipton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton County
  • Since Towering Heights is near Mississippi County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Towering Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Towering Heights ...

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.

• Beaver
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Beaver is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
• Black Cat
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Black Cat is located in Mississippi County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cat
• Deans Island
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Deans Island is located in Mississippi County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Island
• Flatwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flatwood is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
• Golden Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
• Hopewell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hopewell is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
• Howards Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Howards Landing is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Landing
• Jamestown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jamestown is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Pecan Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
• Peckerwood Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Peckerwood Point is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peckerwood Point
• Randolph
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Randolph is located in Tipton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph

How Far From Towering Heights 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 community such as Towering Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Covington, which is the Seat of Tipton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Towering Heights to Covington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'