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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 Rucker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rucker 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 Rucker:
- 32.165096, -98.602833
- 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 Rucker
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since Rucker is near Eastland County and also Erath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eastland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erath 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 Rucker
Communities Also Named Rucker ...
We found five communities that are also named Rucker.
Within Texas, the name Rucker is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Rucker [Cochise County].
- California
- Santa Clara County
- This Rucker is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Rucker that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Rucker.
- Missouri
- Bates County
- This Rucker is located in Bates County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Rucker that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Rucker.
- Boone County
- This Rucker is located in Boone County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km] to the north northeast of the Rucker that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Rucker.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- This Rucker is located in Rutherford County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rucker that is located in Comanche County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Rucker.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rucker ...
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.
- Carbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chuckville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chuckville is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckville
- Comanche
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dublin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Duster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Punkin Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Punkin Center is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Staff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Staff is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staff
- Stag Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stag Creek is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Creek
How Far From Rucker 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 Rucker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rucker and extending to:
- Comanche, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Rucker to Comanche, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,821 miles [12,586.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,702 miles [9,176.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rucker 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rucker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rucker 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 Rucker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1651, Longitude: -98.6028 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.076 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.746 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.536 degrees. |
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