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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 Turnerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turnerville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Turnerville:
    • 41.638876, -72.346648
    • 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 Turnerville
  • 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 Turnerville ...

We found nine communities that share the name Turnerville.

Within Connecticut, the name Turnerville is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, 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 ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Turnerville is located in Mobile County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Turnerville.
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This Turnerville is located in Habersham County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the southwest of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Turnerville.
    • Kansas
      • Graham 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 Kansas community of Turnerville [Graham County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Turnerville is located in Iberville Parish and lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Turnerville.
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This Turnerville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Turnerville.
    • Missouri
      • Howell County
      • This Turnerville is located in Howell County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the west of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Turnerville.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • This Turnerville is located in Grant County and lies 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km]<1> to the west of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Turnerville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Turnerville.
    • Wyoming
      • Lincoln County
      • This Turnerville is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Turnerville that is located in Tolland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Turnerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turnerville ...

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.

  • Bolton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Coventry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Tolland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coventry <3>
  • Coventry Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Lake
    • Coventry Lake is located in Tolland County
  • Eagleville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
    • Eagleville is located in Tolland County
  • Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Hartford County
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Franklin is located in New London County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
  • Gay City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gay City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay City
    • Gay City is located in Tolland County
  • Hebron
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Heilwield Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heilwield Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwield Corner
    • Heilwield Corner is located in New London County
  • Hope Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Valley
    • Hope Valley is located in Tolland County
  • Liberty Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Liberty Hill is located in New London County
  • Skinnerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skinnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnerville
    • Skinnerville is located in Middlesex County
  • Village Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Hill
    • Village Hill is located in New London County
  • Williams Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
    • Williams Crossing is located in New London County

How Far From Turnerville 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 Turnerville 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<6> community of Turnerville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Turnerville and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Turnerville to Hartford, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,586 miles [8,989.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,169 miles [6,709.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/

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- Turnerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turnerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6389, Longitude: -72.3466    
<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 Turnerville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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 Turnerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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.
<8>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 Turnerville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.846 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.431 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.505 degrees.




 

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