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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 Turkeyfoot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turkeyfoot 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 Turkeyfoot:
    • 40.521177, -80.530069
    • 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 Turkeyfoot
  • 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
    • Since Turkeyfoot is near Beaver County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Turkeyfoot

Communities Also Named Turkeyfoot ...

We found four communities that are also named Turkeyfoot.

Within West Virginia, the name Turkeyfoot is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Franklin County
      • This Turkeyfoot is located in Franklin County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turkeyfoot that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Turkeyfoot.
      • Somerset 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 Pennsylvania community of Turkeyfoot [Somerset County].
      • Washington County
      • This Turkeyfoot is located in Washington County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast of the Turkeyfoot that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Turkeyfoot.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Turkeyfoot is located in Hamilton County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Turkeyfoot that is located in Hancock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Turkeyfoot.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turkeyfoot ...

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.

  • Blackhorse ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackhorse is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
  • Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Chestnut Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Dry Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dry Run is located in Columbiana County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Run
  • Empire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Empire is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Fairhaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairhaven is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
  • Florence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence is located in Washington County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Hookstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jethro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jethro is located in Columbiana County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jethro
  • Kings Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Creek is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
  • Lennyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lennyville is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennyville
  • Mechanicsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mechanicsburg is located in Beaver County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Moscow
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Moscow is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Shady Glen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shady Glen is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
    • Sugar Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sugar Grove is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
    • Sun Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sun Valley is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley

How Far From Turkeyfoot 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 Turkeyfoot 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<4> community of Turkeyfoot once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Turkeyfoot and extending to:

  • New Cumberland, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Turkeyfoot to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,971 miles [9,609.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Turkeyfoot) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Turkeyfoot 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>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 Turkeyfoot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Turkeyfoot 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 Turkeyfoot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5212, Longitude: -80.5301       In this case, the coordinates for Turkeyfoot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.913 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.986 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.637 degrees.