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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:
    • 30.294361, -91.238997
    • 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 Turnerville
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Iberville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iberville Parish
    • Since Turnerville is near West Baton Rouge Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
  • 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 Turnerville

Communities Also Named Turnerville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Turnerville.

Within Louisiana, the name Turnerville is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of nine communities that are located 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 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Turnerville.
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Turnerville [Tolland County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This Turnerville is located in Habersham County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • 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.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Turnerville [Graham County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This Turnerville is located in Jasper County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the northeast of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • 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 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the north of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • 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 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • 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.<3> 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 1,387 miles [2,232.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Turnerville that is located in Iberville Parish.
      • 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.

  • Bayou Paul
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Paul is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Paul
  • Brown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Brown is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Choctaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Choctaw is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw
  • Crescent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Evergreen Plantation
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen Plantation is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Plantation
  • Heatherstone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Heatherstone is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherstone
  • Indian Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
  • Indian Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Lukeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lukeville is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukeville
  • Mark ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mark is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
  • Merlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Merlin is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin
  • Riverbend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Riverbend is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sable Chase
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sable Chase is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Chase
    • Sardine Point Settlement ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Tally Ho
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tally Ho is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tally Ho
    • University Shadows
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • University Shadows is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Shadows
    • Willow Glen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Willow Glen is located in Iberville Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen

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, the straight-line distance beginning in Turnerville and extending to:

  • Plaquemine, which is the Seat of Iberville Parish, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Turnerville to Baton Rouge, 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 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,602 miles [12,234.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Turnerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Turnerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 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 parish. 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.
<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 Turnerville 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 Turnerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2944, Longitude: -91.2390       In this case, the coordinates for Turnerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.071 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.632 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.625 degrees.