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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 Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tucker Springs 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 Springs:
- 35.111463, -84.964114
- 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 Springs
- 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 Bradley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradley County
- Since Tucker Springs is near Hamilton County and also Whitfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitfield 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 Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tucker Springs ...
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.
- Black Fox
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Black Fox is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Fox
- Collegedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dockery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dockery is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery
- Flint Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Springs is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Springs
- Green Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Meadow is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Hills and Dales
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hills and Dales is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
- Mineral Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mineral Park is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
- Mountainbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Parks Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parks Store is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Store
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rolling Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Snow Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Timber Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Timber Hills is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Twin Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Wildwood Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
How Far From Tucker Springs 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 Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tucker Springs and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Bradley County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Tucker Springs to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,986 miles [8,024.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tucker Springs) 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 Tucker Springs 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 Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1115, Longitude: -84.9641 In this case, the coordinates for Tucker Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.648 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.324 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.184 degrees. |
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