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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 Tucker Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tucker Crossroads 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 Tucker Crossroads:
- 34.135265, -85.572110
- 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 Tucker Crossroads
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Tucker Crossroads is near Floyd County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Tucker Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tucker Crossroads ...
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.
- Alexis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alexis is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexis
- Cedar Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cornwall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cornwall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Cornwall Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cornwall Furnace is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
- Frog Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Frog Mountain is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Mountain
- Key
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Key is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Kirk's Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noah
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pathkiller Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pathkiller Cove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathkiller Cove
- Pope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Sandy Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Turkey Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turkey Town is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Town
How Far From Tucker Crossroads 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 Tucker Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tucker Crossroads and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies just to the West.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tucker Crossroads to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 576 miles [927 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,055 miles [8,135.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tucker Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tucker Crossroads 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 Tucker Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1353, Longitude: -85.5721 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.973 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.561 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.665 degrees. |
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