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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tucker 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:
    • 36.544783, -91.071239
    • 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
  • 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 Ripley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ripley County
    • Since Tucker is near Randolph County and also Oregon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oregon 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

Communities Also Named Tucker ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Tucker.

Within Missouri, the name Tucker is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Tucker is located in Bibb County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Tucker.
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Tucker [DeKalb County].
      • Marion County
      • This Tucker is located in Marion County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the southeast of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Tucker.
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Tucker is located in Gila County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the west of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Tucker.
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Tucker is located in Jefferson County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Tucker.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Tucker is located in DeKalb County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Tucker.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Tucker [Kankakee County].
      • Ogle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Tucker [Ogle County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tucker [Jefferson County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Tucker lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
    • Michigan
      • Iosco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tucker [Iosco County].
    • Mississippi
      • Neshoba County
      • This Tucker is located in Neshoba County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Tucker.
    • Montana
      • Ravalli County
      • This Tucker is located in Ravalli County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Tucker.
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This Tucker is located in Le Flore County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Tucker.
      • Woodward County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Tucker [Woodward County].
    • Oregon
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Tucker [Polk County].
    • Texas
      • Anderson County
      • This Tucker is located in Anderson County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Tucker.
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • This Tucker is located in Utah County and lies 1,113 miles [1,791.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tucker that is located in Ripley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Tucker.
    • Virginia
      • Buckingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tucker [Buckingham County].
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tucker [Cowlitz County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wirt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Tucker [Wirt County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tucker ...

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.

  • Baker Den ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Baker Den is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Den
  • Brakebill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brakebill is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
  • Burr
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burr is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
  • Calm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Calm is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
  • Elm Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elm Store is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
  • Mock ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mock is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
  • Palestine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ponder
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ponder is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
  • Spring Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Supply
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Supply is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supply
  • Warm Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs

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

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

  • Doniphan, which is the Seat of Ripley County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tucker to Doniphan, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tucker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Tucker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tucker 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5448, Longitude: -91.0712       In this case, the coordinates for Tucker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.536 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.007 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.499 degrees.