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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 Turkey Hill:
41.615654, -72.785653
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 Turkey Hill
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 Hartford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Turkey Hill.
There is one other community in Connecticut that is also named Turkey Hill.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Connecticut ...
New Haven County
This community is historic<1> and although located in New Haven County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Turkey Hill.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Charles County
This Turkey Hill is located in Charles County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Turkey Hill that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Turkey Hill.
Frederick County
This Turkey Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the west southwest of the Turkey Hill that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Turkey Hill.
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
This Turkey Hill is located in Orangeburg County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Turkey Hill that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Turkey Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turkey Hill ...
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.
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 Turkey Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turkey Hill and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Turkey Hill to Hartford, 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,606 miles [9,022 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,189 miles [6,741.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Turkey Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turkey Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Turkey Hill 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 Turkey Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6157, Longitude: -72.7857 In this case, the coordinates for Turkey Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.111 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.726 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.71 degrees.