Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Turley Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turley Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Turley Mills
- 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 Mills:
- 36.263423, -83.417954
- 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 Turley Mills
- 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 Grainger County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grainger County
- Since Turley Mills is near Hamblen County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turley Mills ...
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.
- Beans
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Boggs
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Casablanca
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casablanca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Crockett Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crockett Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Ridge
- Crockett Ridge is located in Hamblen County
- Echo Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Echo Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Fox Den
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Hamblen County
- Hopper Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopper Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper Bluff
- Hopper Bluff is located in Grainger County
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Kathy Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kathy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathy Hills
- Kathy Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Marshalls Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshalls Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
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- Mary Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mary Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Chapel
- Mary Chapel is located in Grainger County
- May Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Springs
- May Springs is located in Grainger County
- Panther Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Creek
- Panther Creek is located in Hamblen County
- Panther Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Hills
- Panther Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Panther Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Lake
- Panther Lake is located in Hamblen County
- Pleasant view
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant view have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant view
- Pleasant view is located in Hamblen County
- Point Seven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Seven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Seven
- Point Seven is located in Hamblen County
- Quail Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Hamblen County
- Rambling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rambling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rambling Hills
- Rambling Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Rock Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
- Rock Haven is located in Grainger County
- Seven Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Seven Oaks is located in Hamblen County
- Sunset Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Hills is located in Hamblen County
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Hamblen County
- Mary Chapel
How Far From Turley Mills 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 Turley Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Turley Mills once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Turley Mills and extending to:
- Rutledge, which is the Seat of Grainger County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Turley Mills to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,868 miles [7,834.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Turley Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Turley Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turley Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2634, Longitude: -83.4180 In this case, the coordinates for Turley Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.244 degrees. |