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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 Terryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terryville 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 Terryville:
    • 41.678409, -73.010724
    • 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 Terryville
  • 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 Litchfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
    • Since Terryville is near Hartford County and also New Haven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hartford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Haven 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 Terryville

Communities Also Named Terryville ...

We found four communities that are also named Terryville.

Within Connecticut, the name Terryville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Terryville is located in Lawrence County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Terryville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Terryville.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Terryville is located in Suffolk County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the south of the Terryville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Terryville.
    • Texas
      • DeWitt County
      • This Terryville is located in DeWitt County and lies 1,596 miles [2,568.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Terryville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Terryville.
    • Virginia
      • Charlotte County
      • This Terryville is located in Charlotte County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the southwest of the Terryville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlotte County community of Terryville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Terryville ...

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.

  • Burnt Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Burnt Hill is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hill
  • Campville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Campville is located in Litchfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
  • Forestville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Forestville is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
  • Greystone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Long Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Long Hill is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
  • Overlook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Overlook is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Plainville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Terryville Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Terryville Station is located in Litchfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville Station
  • Unionville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Whigville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodtick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Woodtick is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodtick

How Far From Terryville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Terryville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Terryville to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,321 miles [10,172.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,197 miles [6,754.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Terryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Terryville 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 Terryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6784, Longitude: -73.0107    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.238 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.879 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.78 degrees.