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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 Terrell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terrell 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 Terrell:
    • 28.560551, -82.162585
    • 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 Terrell
  • 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 Hernando County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando County
    • Since Terrell is near Sumter County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco 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 Terrell

Communities Also Named Terrell ...

We found nine communities that are also named Terrell.

Within Florida, the name Terrell is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Terrell is located in Bibb County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Terrell.
      • Worth County
      • This Terrell is located in Worth County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the north northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Terrell.
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson Davis County
      • This Terrell is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Terrell.
    • Missouri
      • Christian County
      • This Terrell is located in Christian County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Terrell.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of Terrell [Buncombe County].
      • Catawba County
      • This Terrell is located in Catawba County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the north of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Terrell.
    • Tennessee
      • Weakley County
      • This Terrell is located in Weakley County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weakley County community of Terrell.
    • Texas
      • Kaufman County
      • This Terrell is located in Kaufman County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Terrell.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Terrell is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,871 miles [3,011.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrell that is located in Hernando County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Terrell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Terrell ...

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.

  • Carver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Carver is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
  • Clay Sink
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay Sink is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Sink
  • Hill 'n Dale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
  • Lincoln Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Moss Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Moss Town is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
  • Oak Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Tarrytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
  • Wahoo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

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

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

  • Brooksville, which is the Seat of Hernando County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Terrell to Brooksville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 181 miles [291.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Terrell) 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 Terrell 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 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 Terrell 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 Terrell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5606, Longitude: -82.1626       In this case, the coordinates for Terrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.717 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.181 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.669 degrees.