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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 Alford Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alford Heights 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 Alford Heights:
- 31.551563, -93.465453
- 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 Alford Heights
- 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 Sabine Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Since Alford Heights is near Natchitoches Parish and also Vernon Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon 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 Alford Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alford Heights ...
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.
- Alliance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alliance is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Fisher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Many
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marthaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Noble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shamrock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Turtle Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turtle Beach is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Beach
- Vowells Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
How Far From Alford Heights 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 Alford Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Alford Heights and extending to:
- Many, which is the Seat of Sabine Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Alford Heights to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,641 miles [12,297 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,516 miles [8,877.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alford Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Alford Heights 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 Alford Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5516, Longitude: -93.4655 In this case, the coordinates for Alford Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.614 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.601 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.362 degrees. |
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