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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 Arkana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arkana 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 Arkana:
- 33.018468, -93.674620
- 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 Arkana
- 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- Since Arkana is near Lafayette County and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Arkana
Communities Also Named Arkana ...
We found two communities that are also named Arkana.
Within Louisiana, the name Arkana is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This Arkana is located in Baxter County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Arkana that is located in Bossier Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Arkana.
- Lafayette 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 Arkansas community of Arkana [Lafayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arkana ...
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.
- Bunker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bunker is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Carterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carterville is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Forest Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Grove is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Gin City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gin City is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin City
- Grants
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grants is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
- Ida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Missionary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Missionary is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary
- Plain Dealing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Porterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Spring Bank ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Bank is located in Miller County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
- Timothy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Timothy is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Walnut Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill is located in Lafayette County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Welcome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Woodlawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Arkana 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 Arkana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arkana and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Arkana to Benton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,579 miles [12,197.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,455 miles [8,779 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Arkana) 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 Arkana 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Arkana 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 Arkana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0185, Longitude: -93.6746 In this case, the coordinates for Arkana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.253 degrees. |
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