Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tuckahoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tuckahoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tuckahoe
- 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 Tuckahoe:
- 37.755873, -80.271321
- 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 Tuckahoe
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Tuckahoe is near Alleghany County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
- eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Tuckahoe ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Tuckahoe.
Within West Virginia, the name Tuckahoe is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Tuckahoe is located in Suffolk County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tuckahoe that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Tuckahoe.
- Westchester County
- This Tuckahoe is located in Westchester County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km] to the northeast of the Tuckahoe that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Tuckahoe.
- North Carolina
- Dare County
- This Tuckahoe is located in Dare County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Tuckahoe that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dare County community of Tuckahoe.
- Jones 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 North Carolina community of Tuckahoe [Jones County].
- Pitt County
- This Tuckahoe is located in Pitt County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the southeast of the Tuckahoe that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Tuckahoe.
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuckahoe ...
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.
- Backbone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Brink ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Crows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Dickson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Hematite
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Hopper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Iron Hill Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Hill Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill Springs
- Iron Hill Springs is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Mapledale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Sweet Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Springs
- Sweet Springs is located in Monroe County
How Far From Tuckahoe 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 Tuckahoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tuckahoe and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tuckahoe to Lewisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tuckahoe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Tuckahoe 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 '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- Tuckahoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tuckahoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7559, Longitude: -80.2713 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Tuckahoe to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.856 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.506 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.479 degrees. |