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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 Turnage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turnage 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 Turnage:
- 35.688492, -77.661641
- 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 Turnage
- 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 Edgecombe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- Since Turnage is near Pitt County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Turnage
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turnage ...
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.
- Birchwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- California
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Crisp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crisp is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Daisy Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Daisy Siding is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Siding
- Drivers Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Drivers Store is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drivers Store
- Falkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Falkland is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Farmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
- Fountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Pine Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Tree is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree
- Pinetops
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sharp Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp Point is located in Edgecombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Point
How Far From Turnage 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 Turnage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Turnage and extending to:
- Tarboro, which is the Seat of Edgecombe County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Turnage to Tarboro, 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 five to six hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 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- Turnage) 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 Turnage 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 Turnage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6885, Longitude: -77.6616 In this case, the coordinates for Turnage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.40 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.129 degrees. |
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