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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 Riverside Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverside Terrace 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 Riverside Terrace:
    • 38.458140, -82.322094
    • 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 Riverside Terrace
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Riverside Terrace is near Cabell County and also Gallia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia 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 Riverside Terrace

Communities Also Named Riverside Terrace ...

We found three communities that are also named Riverside Terrace.

Within Ohio, the name Riverside Terrace is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Riverside Terrace [Pima County].
    • New Jersey
      • Passaic County
      • This Riverside Terrace is located in Passaic County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Riverside Terrace that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Passaic County community of Riverside Terrace.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Riverside Terrace is located in Harris County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Riverside Terrace that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Riverside Terrace.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverside Terrace ...

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.

  • Blue Sulphur
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
  • Cebee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cebee is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebee
  • Fair Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fair Place is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
  • Garden Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Farms is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
  • Hillview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillview is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Home Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Home Park is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
  • Indian Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
  • Lock
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lock is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
  • Martha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Martha is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
  • Pea Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Riverview is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Timberlake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Timberlake is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

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

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

  • Ironton, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Riverside Terrace to Ironton, 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 most of a day.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,728 miles [7,609 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Riverside Terrace 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Riverside Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Riverside Terrace 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 Riverside Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4581, Longitude: -82.3221       In this case, the coordinates for Riverside Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.08 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.007 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.128 degrees.