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 Tuckers Corner:
26.857841, -81.759527
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 Tuckers Corner
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 Charlotte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Tuckers Corner.
Within Florida, the name Tuckers Corner is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Missouri
Jasper County
This Tuckers Corner is located in Jasper County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tuckers Corner that is located in Charlotte County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Tuckers Corner.
New York
Ulster County
This Tuckers Corner is located in Ulster County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tuckers Corner that is located in Charlotte County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Tuckers Corner.
Tennessee
Gibson County
This Tuckers Corner is located in Gibson County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tuckers Corner that is located in Charlotte County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Tuckers Corner.
Texas
Bowie County
This Tuckers Corner is located in Bowie County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tuckers Corner that is located in Charlotte County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Tuckers Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuckers Corner ...
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.
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 Tuckers Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tuckers Corner and extending to:
Punta Gorda, which is the Seat of Charlotte County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tuckers Corner to Punta Gorda, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 874 miles [1,406.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,296 miles [11,741.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,202 miles [8,371.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Tuckers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Tuckers Corner 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 Tuckers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.8578, Longitude: -81.7595 In this case, the coordinates for Tuckers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.378 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.554 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.895 degrees.