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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 Terza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terza 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 Terza:
- 34.351178, -89.853054
- 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 Terza
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Terza is near Lafayette County and also Yalobusha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yalobusha 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 Terza
Curious and Interesting Names Near Terza ...
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.
- Alesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chapeltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Glenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Hideaway Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hideaway Hills is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Kings Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Corner is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Long Branch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Long Branch is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Pleasant Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Splinter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Splinter is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splinter
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Terza 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 Terza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Terza and extending to:
- Batesville, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Terza to Jackson, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,356 miles [11,838.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Terza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Terza 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 Terza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3512, Longitude: -89.8531 In this case, the coordinates for Terza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.608 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.637 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.391 degrees. |
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