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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 Turret, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turret 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 Turret:
- 38.640045, -105.988643
- 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 Turret
- 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 Chaffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chaffee County
- Since Turret is near Fremont County and also Saguache County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saguache 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 Turret
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turret ...
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.
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Howard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Iron City is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monarch
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Smeltertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
- Swan ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swan is located in Chaffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Swissvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swissvale is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
How Far From Turret 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 Turret to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Turret once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Turret and extending to:
- Salida, which is the Seat of Chaffee County, lies just to the South.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Turret to Denver, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 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 7,728 miles [12,437 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Turret, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turret) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Turret 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 Turret. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6400, Longitude: -105.9886 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.17 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.678 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.626 degrees. |
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