Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tuckertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuckertown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tuckertown
- 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 Tuckertown:
- 39.973409, -79.828101
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tuckertown
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Tuckertown is near Washington County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tuckertown ...
We found seven communities that share the name Tuckertown.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tuckertown is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- This Tuckertown is located in Mississippi County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tuckertown that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Tuckertown.
- Kentucky
- Warren County
- This Tuckertown is located in Warren County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tuckertown that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Tuckertown.
- North Carolina
- Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Tuckertown [Montgomery County].
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- This Tuckertown is located in Washington County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tuckertown that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tuckertown.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the south of the Tuckertown that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Tuckertown.
- Union County
- This Tuckertown is located in Union County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the south southwest of the Tuckertown that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Tuckertown.
- Texas
- Navarro County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Navarro County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Tuckertown.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuckertown ...
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.
- Century
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Chestnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chestnut Ridge <5>
- Dearth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Filbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Grindstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
- Grindstone is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grindstone <5>
- Helen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Herbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Lower Peanut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Peanut have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peanut
- Lower Peanut is located in Fayette County
- Republic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocks Works
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocks Works have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
- Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
- Sea Right
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Searights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Smock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smock
- Smock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smock <5>
- Superior
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Upper Peanut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Peanut have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Peanut
- Upper Peanut is located in Fayette County
- Rocks Works
How Far From Tuckertown 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 Tuckertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tuckertown and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tuckertown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tuckertown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.fayettepa.org
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Tuckertown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tuckertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9734, Longitude: -79.8281 In this case, the coordinates for Tuckertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Tuckertown 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> | 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 Tuckertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Tuckertown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.507 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.441 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.519 degrees. |