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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 Turner Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turner Chapel 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 Turner Chapel:
- 34.762033, -87.028065
- 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 Turner Chapel
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Turner Chapel is near Lawrence County and also Lauderdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale 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 Turner Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turner Chapel ...
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.
- Bonnie Doone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
- Cloverleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
- Cottonwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Farmview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmview is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmview
- Glenn Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glenn Valley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Valley
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green Hills is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Holland Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Place is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Place
- Indian Trace
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
- Jones Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lawngate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawngate is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawngate
- Mayflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayflower is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Poplar Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanner Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tanner Crossroads is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Crossroads
How Far From Turner Chapel to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Turner Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Turner Chapel and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Turner Chapel to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turner Chapel) 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 Turner Chapel 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 Turner Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7620, Longitude: -87.0281 In this case, the coordinates for Turner Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.884 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.118 degrees. |
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