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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 Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to 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 Terrace:
    • 33.681216, -96.451654
    • 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 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
    • Since Terrace is near Fannin County and also Bryan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan 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 Terrace

Communities Also Named Terrace ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Terrace.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Terrace.

Beyond Texas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Bexar County
      • Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Terrace.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Terrace lies 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrace that is located in Grayson County.
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Terrace [San Diego County].
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Terrace [Colquitt County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Terrace [Lake County].
    • Minnesota
      • Pope County
      • This Terrace is located in Pope County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the north of the Terrace that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Terrace.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Terrace [Erie County].
      • Nassau County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Terrace [Nassau County].
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Terrace is located in Muskingum County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Terrace that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Terrace.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Terrace is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Terrace that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Terrace.
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Box Elder County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Terrace.
      • Weber County
      • This Terrace is located in Weber County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Terrace that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Terrace.

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Anthony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Anthony is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Carpenters Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
  • Frontier Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
  • Ida
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ida is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Joe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Joe is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Mulberry
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Red River City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Red River City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
  • Tribune
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tribune is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
  • Twin City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Twin City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
  • Woodlake Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Woodlake Park is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park

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

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

  • Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Terrace to Sherman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,659 miles [12,326 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,539 miles [8,914.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 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.
<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 Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6812, Longitude: -96.4517       In this case, the coordinates for Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.82 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.458 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.398 degrees.