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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:
    • 32.814305, -83.518789
    • 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 Bibb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bibb County
    • Since Terrell is near Twiggs County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Twiggs County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Terrell.

Beyond Georgia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Worth County
      • This Terrell is located in Worth County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the south of the Terrell that is located in Bibb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Terrell.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hernando County
      • This Terrell is located in Hernando County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Terrell that is located in Bibb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Terrell.
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson Davis County
      • This Terrell is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the west of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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 1,651 miles [2,657 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Terrell that is located in Bibb 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.

  • Bridgeman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeman is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeman
  • Cross Keys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Keys is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Crystal Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Dry Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Groveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Groveland is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
  • Kings Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Park is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
  • Kings View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings View is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings View
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Arrowhead is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
  • Mogul
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mogul is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
    • Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
  • Tanglewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tanglewood is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Whispering Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Terrell 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 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:

  • Macon, which is the Seat of Bibb County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Terrell to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 554 miles [891.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,022 miles [8,082.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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: 32.8143, Longitude: -83.5188       In this case, the coordinates for Terrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.708 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.918 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.178 degrees.