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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 Turners Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turners Station 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 Turners Station:
    • 38.555620, -85.167732
    • 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 Turners Station
  • 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Turners Station is near Trimble County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trimble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Turners Station

Communities Also Named Turners Station ...

We found two communities that are also named Turners Station.

Within Kentucky, the name Turners Station is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This Turners Station is located in Sumner County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Turners Station that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Turners Station.
    • Virginia
      • Lee 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 Virginia community of Turners Station [Lee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turners Station ...

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.

  • Easterday
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Easterday is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterday
  • English
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • English is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Indian Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Indian Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Lamb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lamb is located in Switzerland County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Locust
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Monitor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Monitor is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
  • Mount Pleasant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Providence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Providence is located in Trimble County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Slabtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slabtown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Squiresville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Squiresville is located in Owen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiresville
  • Sulphur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Turners Station to ...

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 Turners Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turners Station and extending to:

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the South.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Turners Station to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,246 miles [10,052 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,845 miles [7,797.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turners Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Turners Station 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>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 Turners Station 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 Turners Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5556, Longitude: -85.1677       In this case, the coordinates for Turners Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.843 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.037 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.357 degrees.