Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Haynesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haynesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Haynesville
- 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 Haynesville:
- 32.966783, -93.137380
- 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 Haynesville
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Claiborne Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
- Since Haynesville is near Columbia County and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
- 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 Haynesville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Haynesville.
Within Louisiana, the name Haynesville is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Pratt 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 Kansas community of Haynesville [Pratt County].
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Haynesville is located in Ohio County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Haynesville.
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Haynesville is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Haynesville.
- Missouri
- Clinton County
- This Haynesville is located in Clinton County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the north of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Haynesville.
- New Brunswick
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Pickaway 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 Ohio community of Haynesville [Pickaway County].
- Union 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 Ohio community of Haynesville [Union County].
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- This Haynesville is located in Klamath County and lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Haynesville.
- Texas
- Wichita County
- This Haynesville is located in Wichita County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wichita County community of Haynesville.
- Virginia
- Richmond County
- This Haynesville is located in Richmond County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Haynesville that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Haynesville.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haynesville ...
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.
- Arizona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Dodge City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodge City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Dodge City is located in Union County (AR)
- Forest Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Harmony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Claiborne Parish
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Homer is located in Claiborne Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <5>
- Horsehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Mohawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Rocky Mound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Rocky Mound is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Spotville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Tide Water
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tide Water have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide Water
- Tide Water is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Walnut Grove is located in Columbia County (AR)
How Far From Haynesville 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 town such as Haynesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haynesville and extending to:
- Homer, which is the Seat of Claiborne Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Haynesville to Homer, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Haynesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.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 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 Haynesville 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 parish. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haynesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Haynesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9668, Longitude: -93.1374 In this case, the coordinates for Haynesville 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 Haynesville, 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 Haynesville 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 317.566 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.73 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.028 degrees. |