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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 Terry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terry 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 Terry:
    • 36.276733, -89.760639
    • 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 Terry
  • 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 Pemiscot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pemiscot County
    • Since Terry is near Lake County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Terry

Communities Also Named Terry ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Terry.

There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Terry.

Beyond Missouri, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Missouri ...
    • Saint Clair County
      • This Terry is located in Saint Clair County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Terry.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Terry [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Terry is located in Lincoln County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the southwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Terry.
    • Georgia
      • Paulding 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 Georgia community of Terry [Paulding County].
    • Indiana
      • Perry County
      • This Terry is located in Perry County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Terry.
    • Kansas
      • Finney 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 Kansas community of Terry [Finney County].
    • Louisiana
      • West Carroll Parish
      • This Terry is located in West Carroll Parish and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Carroll Parish community of Terry.
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Michigan community of Terry [Bay County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Terry is located in Hinds County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the south of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Terry.
    • Montana
      • Custer 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 Montana community of Terry [Custer County].
      • Prairie County
      • This Terry is located in Prairie County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Terry.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Terry [Greenville County].
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Terry is located in Lawrence County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Terry.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This Terry is located in Carroll County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Terry.
      • Maury 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 Tennessee community of Terry [Maury County].
    • Texas
      • Orange County
      • This Terry is located in Orange County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Terry.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Terry is located in Raleigh County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Terry that is located in Pemiscot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Terry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Terry ...

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.

  • Blazer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Blazer is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazer
  • Bragg City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Braggadocio
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
  • Gill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gill is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
  • Homestown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Netherlands
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
  • Shade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Shade is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade
  • Stanley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanley is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Swift
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Swift is located in Pemiscot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift

How Far From Terry to ...

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

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

  • Caruthersville, which is the Seat of Pemiscot County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Terry to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 718 miles [1,155.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,263 miles [11,688.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 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- Terry) 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 Terry 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>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 Terry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Terry 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 Terry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2767, Longitude: -89.7606       In this case, the coordinates for Terry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.676 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.977 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.965 degrees.