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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 Tuscarora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuscarora 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 Tuscarora:
    • 39.256811, -77.470468
    • 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 Tuscarora
  • 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Since Tuscarora is near Loudoun County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Tuscarora

Communities Also Named Tuscarora ...

We found seven communities that are also named Tuscarora.

Within Maryland, the name Tuscarora is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Peoria County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Tuscarora.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Elko County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Tuscarora.
    • New York
      • Broome 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 New York community of Tuscarora [Broome County].
      • Livingston County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Livingston County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the north of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Tuscarora.
    • North Carolina
      • Craven County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Craven County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the south of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Tuscarora.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Juniata County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Juniata County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the north of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Tuscarora.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Tuscarora is located in Schuylkill County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the northeast of the Tuscarora that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Tuscarora.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuscarora ...

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.

  • Big Woods Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Woods Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods Acres
  • Flint Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flint Hill is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
  • Furnace Ford
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Furnace Ford is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Ford
  • Furnace Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Furnace Mountain is located in Loudoun County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Mountain
  • Goresville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goresville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goresville
  • Greenfield Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenfield Mills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Mills
  • Hope Valley Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hope Valley Hills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley Hills
  • Manor Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Manor Village is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
  • Michaels Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Michaels Mill is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Mill
  • Park Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant View is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Poplar Thicket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Thicket is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Thicket
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Potomac Overlook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Potomac Overlook is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Overlook
    • Rock Hall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rock Hall is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
    • Scattersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Scattersville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scattersville
    • Stronghold
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Stronghold is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
    • Stumptown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stumptown is located in Loudoun County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

How Far From Tuscarora to ...

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

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

  • Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tuscarora to Frederick, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tuscarora) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tuscarora 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>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 Tuscarora 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 Tuscarora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2568, Longitude: -77.4705    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.124 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.76 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.759 degrees.