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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 Tuckertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuckertown 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 Tuckertown:
    • 35.809798, -89.935920
    • 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 Tuckertown
  • 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 Mississippi County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mississippi County
    • Since Tuckertown is near Lauderdale County and also Pemiscot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot 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 Tuckertown

Communities Also Named Tuckertown ...

We found seven communities that are also named Tuckertown.

Within Arkansas, the name Tuckertown is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Tuckertown is located in Warren County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tuckertown that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Tuckertown.
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tuckertown [Montgomery County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Tuckertown is located in Fayette County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tuckertown that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Tuckertown.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Tuckertown is located in Washington County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tuckertown that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tuckertown.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Tuckertown that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Tuckertown.
      • Union County
      • This Tuckertown is located in Union County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the east of the Tuckertown that is located in Mississippi County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Tuckertown.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Navarro County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Tuckertown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuckertown ...

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.

  • Clear Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Cottonwood Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood Corner is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Corner
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Dearman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dearman is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearman
  • Dell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dell is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
  • Golddust
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Golddust is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
  • Half Moon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Half Moon is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
  • Hightower
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hightower is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
  • Little River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Little River is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
  • Promised Land
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Promised Land is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
  • Roseland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Roseland is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland

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

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

  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tuckertown to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tuckertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Tuckertown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tuckertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tuckertown 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 Tuckertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8098, Longitude: -89.9359       In this case, the coordinates for Tuckertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.76 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.011 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.14 degrees.