Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Afton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Afton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Afton
- 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 Afton:
- 32.244872, -91.191500
- 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 Afton
- 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 Madison Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
- Since Afton is near Tensas Parish and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
- eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Afton ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Afton.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Afton.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Glenn County
- This Afton is located in Glenn County and lies 1,782 miles [2,867.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glenn County community of Afton.
- San Bernardino County
- This Afton is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km] to the west northwest of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Afton.
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Berrien 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 Georgia community of Afton [Berrien County].
- Dawson County
- This Afton is located in Dawson County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Afton.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Marshall 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 Afton [Marshall County].
- Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Afton [Sedgwick County].
- Sumner 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 Kansas community of Afton [Sumner County].
- Michigan
- Charlevoix 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 Michigan community of Afton [Charlevoix County].
- Cheboygan County
- This Afton is located in Cheboygan County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Afton.
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Afton lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- This Afton is located in Greene County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Afton.
- Sullivan 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 Afton [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This Afton is located in Chesterfield County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Afton.
- Nelson County
- This Afton is located in Nelson County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km] to the east northeast of the Afton that is located in Madison Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Afton.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Afton ...
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.
- Cedars
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Dearborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Duck Port ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Fortune Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fortune Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Fork
- Fortune Fork is located in Madison Parish
- Hopewell Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Landing
- Hopewell Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Hurricane
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Mound is located in Madison Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- New Quarters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Quarters
- New Quarters is located in Tensas Parish
- Wildcat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Afton 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 Afton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Afton and extending to:
- Tallulah, which is the Seat of Madison Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Afton to Tallulah, with an average speed<5> 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,510 miles [12,086.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,386 miles [8,667.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Afton. 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 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 Afton 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Afton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2449, Longitude: -91.1915 In this case, the coordinates for Afton 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 Afton, 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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Afton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.259 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.11 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.318 degrees. |