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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turtle 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:
- 44.190852, -83.742485
- 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
- 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 Iosco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iosco County
- Since Turtle is near Arenac County and also Ogemaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arenac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ogemaw 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 Turtle
Communities Also Named Turtle ...
We found four communities that are also named Turtle.
There is one other community in Michigan that is also named Turtle.
Beyond Michigan, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Gogebic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Turtle [Gogebic County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Dent County
- This Turtle is located in Dent County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Turtle that is located in Iosco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dent County community of Turtle.
- North Dakota
- Turtle #1
- This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Turtle.
- Ontario
- This Turtle lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Turtle that is located in Iosco County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turtle ...
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.
- Alabaster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Alabaster is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabaster
- Cedar Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Haven is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Haven
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Maple Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- National City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Lake is located in Iosco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lake
- Twining
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twining is located in Arenac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
How Far From Turtle 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 Turtle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turtle and extending to:
- Tawas City, which is the Seat of Iosco County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Turtle to Tawas City, 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.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Turtle 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Turtle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Turtle 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1909, Longitude: -83.7425 In this case, the coordinates for Turtle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.667 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.861 degrees. |
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