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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake:
    • 47.669383, -114.074277
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Turtle Lake
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Turtle Lake ...

We found eight communities that share the name Turtle Lake.

Within Montana, the name Turtle Lake is unique.

Beyond Montana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Turtle Lake [Concordia Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Benzie 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 Michigan community of Turtle Lake [Benzie County].
    • North Dakota
      • McLean County
      • This Turtle Lake is located in McLean County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<3> to the east of the Turtle Lake that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Turtle Lake.
    • Ontario
      • This Turtle Lake lies 1,627 miles [2,618.4 km]<3> to the east of the Turtle Lake that is located in Lake County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Turtle Lake is located in Harris County and lies 1,569 miles [2,525.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Turtle Lake that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Turtle Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Barron County
      • This Turtle Lake is located in Barron County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<3> to the east of the Turtle Lake that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Turtle Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turtle Lake ...

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.

  • Big Arm
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kicking Horse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kicking Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
    • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
  • Kings Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
    • Kings Point is located in Lake County
  • Mountain View ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Lake County
  • Rocky Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
  • Round Butte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Butte
    • Round Butte is located in Lake County
  • Salmon Prairie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Prairie
    • Salmon Prairie is located in Lake County
  • Spring Valley ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Lake County

How Far From Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Polson, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Turtle Lake to Helena, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,390 miles [11,893.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,436 miles [8,748.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Turtle Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecounty-mt.org/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Turtle Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lake 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turtle Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turtle Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6694, Longitude: -114.0743       In this case, the coordinates for Turtle Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.
<7>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 Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.138 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.638 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.422 degrees.




 

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