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 Turtle Creek:
33.638373, -112.071262
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.
We found nine communities that share the name Turtle Creek.
Within Arizona, the name Turtle Creek is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Pulaski County
This Turtle Creek is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the east of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Turtle Creek.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Turtle Creek is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km]<1> to the east of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Turtle Creek.
Georgia
Houston County
This Turtle Creek is located in Houston County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<1> to the east of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Turtle Creek.
Indiana
Grant County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Turtle Creek [Grant County].
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Turtle Creek is located in Rankin County and lies 1,277 miles [2,055.1 km]<1> to the east of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Turtle Creek.
New Brunswick
This Turtle Creek lies 2,608 miles [4,197.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
Ohio
Warren County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Turtle Creek [Warren County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Turtle Creek is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,826 miles [2,938.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Turtle Creek.
West Virginia
Boone County
This Turtle Creek is located in Boone County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Turtle Creek that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Turtle Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turtle Creek ...
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.
Cactus (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Turtle Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turtle Creek and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Turtle Creek to Phoenix, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,971 miles [3,172 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,201 miles [13,198.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Turtle Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turtle Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6384, Longitude: -112.0713 In this case, the coordinates for Turtle Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Turtle Creek 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.
<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 Turtle Creek 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 331.186 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.982 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.171 degrees.