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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 Tuscola Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuscola Park 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 Tuscola Park:
- 35.523159, -82.960137
- 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 Tuscola Park
- 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 Haywood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haywood County
- Since Tuscola Park is near Jackson County and also Buncombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buncombe 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 Tuscola Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuscola Park ...
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.
- Clyde
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cove Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Creek is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Creek
- Crabtree
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crabtree is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Fibreville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fibreville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fibreville
- Iron Duff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Iron Duff is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Duff
- Ivy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ivy Hills is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hills
- Jonathan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonathan is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Maggie Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Retreat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Silver Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Bluff is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bluff
- Sunburst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunburst is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
How Far From Tuscola Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tuscola Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tuscola Park and extending to:
- Waynesville, which is the Seat of Haywood County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tuscola Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 400 miles [643.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Tuscola Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tuscola Park 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 Tuscola Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5232, Longitude: -82.9601 In this case, the coordinates for Tuscola Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.463 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.02 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.261 degrees. |
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