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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 Turniptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turniptown 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 Turniptown:
- 34.709252, -84.420758
- 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 Turniptown
- 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Turniptown is near Fannin County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Turniptown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turniptown ...
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.
- Big Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cherry Log
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chopped Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chopped Oak is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopped Oak
- Diamond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Diamond is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Due ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Due is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due
- Elders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elders is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders
- Flat Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Branch is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Branch
- Goose Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Goose Island is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Island
- Jones Mill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jones Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Licklog ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Licklog is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licklog
- Maxwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Mountaintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mountaintown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaintown
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pike ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pike is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Quill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Quill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quill
- Ratcliff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ratcliff is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratcliff
- Stanley Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stanley Mill is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Mill
How Far From Turniptown to ...
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 Turniptown 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 Turniptown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Turniptown and extending to:
- Ellijay, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Turniptown to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 500 miles [804.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,979 miles [8,012.9 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 Turniptown, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turniptown) 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 Turniptown 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 Turniptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7093, Longitude: -84.4208 In this case, the coordinates for Turniptown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.309 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.877 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.064 degrees. |
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