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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 Ashly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashly 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 Ashly:
- 32.440734, -91.123251
- 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 Ashly
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
- Since Ashly is near Warren County and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll 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 Ashly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashly ...
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.
- Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Port ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Port is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
- Eagle Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Bend is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Bend
- Fortune Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fortune Fork is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Fork
- King
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- King is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Kings Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Ferry is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
- Long Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Long Lake is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peelers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peelers is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peelers
- Sweets Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sweets Ferry is located in Warren County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Ferry
How Far From Ashly 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 Ashly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ashly and extending to:
- Tallulah, which is the Seat of Madison Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Ashly 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 905 miles [1,456.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,781 miles [10,913 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,498 miles [12,066.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,374 miles [8,648.6 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Ashly) 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 Ashly 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 Ashly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4407, Longitude: -91.1233 In this case, the coordinates for Ashly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.236 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.11 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.258 degrees. |
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