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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Terry
- 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:
- 44.333595, -103.816867
- 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.
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Terry is near Pennington County and also Crook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pennington County
- eBird sighting report for Crook 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Terry ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Terry.
Within South Dakota, the name Terry is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Pemiscot County
- This Terry is located in Pemiscot County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Terry that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Terry.
- Saint Clair County
- This Terry is located in Saint Clair County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the southeast of the Terry that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Terry.
- Montana
- Custer 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 Montana community of Terry [Custer County].
- Prairie County
- This Terry is located in Prairie County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Terry that is located in Lawrence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Terry.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This Terry is located in Carroll County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Terry that is located in Lawrence 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.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Terry [Maury County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
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.
- Blacktail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Carterville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carterville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Carterville is located in Lawrence County
- Carthage ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Cheyenne Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheyenne Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Crossing
- Cheyenne Crossing is located in Lawrence County
- Gayville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead
- Lead is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,947 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lead <5>
- Ragged Top ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ragged Top have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Top
- Ragged Top is located in Lawrence County
- Estimated population in 2014: 73 people
- Trojan
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
- Trojan is located in Lawrence County
- Estimated population in 2014: 627 people
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:
- Deadwood, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Terry to Pierre, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 81 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,291 miles [8,515 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Terry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lawrence County: www.lawrence.sd.us/
The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/
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 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 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. |
| <2> | 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- Terry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Terry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3336, Longitude: -103.8169 In this case, the coordinates for Terry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.981 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.898 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.687 degrees. |