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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 Turnerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Turnerville 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 Turnerville:
    • 42.858815, -110.901870
    • 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 Turnerville
  • 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 Turnerville ...

We found nine communities that share the name Turnerville.

Within Wyoming, the name Turnerville is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Turnerville is located in Mobile County and lies 1,493 miles [2,402.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Turnerville.
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Turnerville [Tolland County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham County
      • This Turnerville is located in Habersham County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Turnerville.
    • Kansas
      • Graham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Turnerville [Graham County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Turnerville is located in Iberville Parish and lies 1,387 miles [2,232.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Turnerville.
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This Turnerville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Turnerville.
    • Missouri
      • Howell County
      • This Turnerville is located in Howell County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Turnerville.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • This Turnerville is located in Grant County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Turnerville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Turnerville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Turnerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turnerville ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Caribou City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
    • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County (ID)
  • Freedom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
    • Freedom is located in Caribou County (ID)
  • Gray
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Gray is located in Bonneville County (ID)
  • Grover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Halfway
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
    • Halfway is located in Sublette County

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

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

  • Kemmerer, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Turnerville to Kemmerer, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 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 7,615 miles [12,255.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turnerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turnerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8588, Longitude: -110.9019       In this case, the coordinates for Turnerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Turnerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Turnerville 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.
<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 Turnerville 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 331.328 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.968 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.007 degrees.




 

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