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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 Tuggle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuggle 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 Tuggle:
- 37.306582, -78.488501
- 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 Tuggle
- 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 Prince Edward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince Edward County
- Since Tuggle is near Cumberland County and also Buckingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buckingham 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 Tuggle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuggle ...
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.
- Blake Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Curdsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elam is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Farmville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hixburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hixburg is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixburg
- Hurtsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsville is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reeds
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
How Far From Tuggle 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 Tuggle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tuggle and extending to:
- Farmville, which is the Seat of Prince Edward County, lies just to the East.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Tuggle to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 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' (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- Tuggle) 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 Tuggle 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 Tuggle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3066, Longitude: -78.4885 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.82 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.256 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.897 degrees. |
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