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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 Baccus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baccus 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 Baccus:
- 32.936805, -93.455728
- 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 Baccus
- 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 Webster Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
- Since Baccus is near Columbia County and also Bossier Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier 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 Baccus
Communities Also Named Baccus ...
We found one communities that are also named Baccus.
Within Louisiana, the name Baccus is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Baccus in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marion 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 Alabama community of Baccus [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baccus ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bunker is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Carterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carterville is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Cotton Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Invincible
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Invincible is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Invincible
- Ivan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
- Porterville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Porterville is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Timothy ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Timothy is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy
- Treat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Treat is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treat
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Welcome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Welcome is located in Columbia County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Baccus to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Baccus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Baccus and extending to:
- Minden, which is the Seat of Webster Parish, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Baccus to Minden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 218 miles [350.8 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 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,450 miles [8,770.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Baccus 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Baccus) 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 Baccus 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 Baccus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9368, Longitude: -93.4557 In this case, the coordinates for Baccus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.767 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.961 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.17 degrees. |
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