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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 Turtle Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turtle Beach 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 Turtle Beach:
- 31.417958, -93.644624
- 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 Turtle Beach
- 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 Sabine Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Since Turtle Beach is near Sabine County and also Vernon Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon 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 Turtle Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turtle Beach ...
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.
- Alliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alliance is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Chamber Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chamber Ferry is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamber Ferry
- Clare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clare is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Fisher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hemphill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hornbeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Many
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Monks Hammock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monks Hammock is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monks Hammock
- Rock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Yellowpine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowpine is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowpine
How Far From Turtle Beach 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 Turtle Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Turtle Beach and extending to:
- Many, which is the Seat of Sabine Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Turtle Beach to Many, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turtle Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Turtle Beach 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 Turtle Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4180, Longitude: -93.6446 In this case, the coordinates for Turtle Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.712 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.454 degrees. |
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