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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 Adois, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adois 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 Adois:
- 31.694612, -93.318227
- 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 Adois
- 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 Natchitoches Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches Parish
- Since Adois is near Sabine Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Adois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adois ...
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.
- Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Breedlove Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Breedlove Hills is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedlove Hills
- Greenwood Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Park is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
- Knightville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Knightville is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Marthaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Provencal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shamrock is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Vowells Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
How Far From Adois 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 Adois to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Adois once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Adois and extending to:
- Natchitoches, which is the Seat of Natchitoches Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Adois to Natchitoches, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,906 miles [11,114.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Adois, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Adois) 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 Adois 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 Adois. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6946, Longitude: -93.3182 In this case, the coordinates for Adois have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.538 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.53 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.282 degrees. |
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