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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 Turley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turley 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 Turley:
- 37.446712, -92.182105
- 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 Turley
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Turley is near Wright County and also Laclede County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wright County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Laclede 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 Turley
Communities Also Named Turley ...
We found five communities that are also named Turley.
Within Missouri, the name Turley is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- This Turley is located in San Juan County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the west of the Turley that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Turley.
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa County
- This Turley is located in Tulsa County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Turley that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Turley.
- South Dakota
- Sully 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 South Dakota community of Turley [Sully County].
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- This Turley is located in Campbell County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the east of the Turley that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Turley.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Turley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Turley that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Turley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turley ...
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.
- Evening Shade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Evening Shade is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Laclede County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Mingsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mingsville is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingsville
- Mitchells Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchells Corner is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Old Success
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Success is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Success
- Plato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Plum Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Valley is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Success
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windy Curve
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Curve is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Curve
How Far From Turley 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 Turley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turley and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Turley to Houston, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turley) 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 Turley 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 Turley 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 Turley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4467, Longitude: -92.1821 In this case, the coordinates for Turley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.034 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.831 degrees. |
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