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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 Tuscumbia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia:
    • 38.236287, -92.460063
    • 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 Tuscumbia
  • 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miller County
    • Since Tuscumbia is near Cole County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cole County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Tuscumbia

Communities Also Named Tuscumbia ...

We found one communities that are also named Tuscumbia.

Within Missouri, the name Tuscumbia is unique.

Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Tuscumbia in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Tuscumbia is located in Colbert County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tuscumbia that is located in Miller County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Tuscumbia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuscumbia ...

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.

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

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

  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Tuscumbia to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 832 miles [1,339 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,279 miles [11,714.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tuscumbia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2363, Longitude: -92.4601    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.55 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.406 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.804 degrees.