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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 Bayou Scie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayou Scie 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 Bayou Scie:
- 31.670212, -93.573373
- 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 Bayou Scie
- 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 Bayou Scie is near Natchitoches Parish and also De Soto 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 De Soto 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 Bayou Scie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayou Scie ...
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 southwest)
- Alliance is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Clyde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Converse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dobs Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dobs Crossing is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobs Crossing
- Many
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marthaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mitchell is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Noble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Bayou Scie 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 Bayou Scie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bayou Scie and extending to:
- Many, which is the Seat of Sabine Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bayou Scie to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,515 miles [8,875.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bayou Scie) 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 Bayou Scie 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 Bayou Scie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6702, Longitude: -93.5734 In this case, the coordinates for Bayou Scie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.697 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.713 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.392 degrees. |
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