Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tower Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tower Terrace and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tower Terrace

• 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 Tower Terrace:
  • 40.889722, -81.409167
  • 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 Tower 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
  • Since Tower Terrace is near Summit County and also Portage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage 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 Tower Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tower 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.

• Cairo
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cairo is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
• Diamond ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Diamond is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Edgefield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Edgefield is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
• Greentown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Greentown is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
• Hills and Dales
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hills and Dales is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills and Dales
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
• Lake Cable
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Cable is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cable
• Lake Slagle
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lake Slagle is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Slagle
• Lake View Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lake View Heights is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
• Mount Pleasant
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Oval City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oval City is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval City
• Parkridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Parkridge is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
• Ridgedale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ridgedale is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
• Skyline Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Skyline Hills is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
• Sweetbriar
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sweetbriar is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tower Terrace and extending to:

• Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tower Terrace to Columbus, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'