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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 Northwood Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northwood Terrace 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 Northwood Terrace:
- 36.573659, -87.390009
- 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 Northwood 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Northwood Terrace is near Christian County and also Todd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd 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 Northwood Terrace
Communities Also Named Northwood Terrace ...
We found one communities that are also named Northwood Terrace.
Within Tennessee, the name Northwood Terrace is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Northwood Terrace in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Northwood Terrace [Bexar County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northwood 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.
- Birchwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Birchwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Cedarbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Endsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Endsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endsville
- Grasslands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grasslands is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasslands
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Louise Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Meadow Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow Lane is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Peachers Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Peachers Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachers Mill
- Ranch Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ranch Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Hill
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Willow Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Bend is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Bend
How Far From Northwood Terrace 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 Northwood Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Northwood Terrace and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Northwood Terrace to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Northwood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Northwood Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Northwood 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 Northwood Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5737, Longitude: -87.3900 In this case, the coordinates for Northwood Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.191 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.305 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.855 degrees. |
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