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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 Blakes Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blakes Addition 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 Blakes Addition:
- 31.576562, -93.481564
- 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 Blakes Addition
- 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 Blakes Addition 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 Blakes Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blakes Addition ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clyde is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dobs Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dobs Crossing is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobs Crossing
- Fisher
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Many
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Marthaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Noble
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shamrock
(12 miles [19.3 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vowells Mill is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowells Mill
How Far From Blakes Addition 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 Blakes Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blakes Addition and extending to:
- Many, which is the Seat of Sabine Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Blakes Addition 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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,053 miles [1,694.6 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 6,919 miles [11,135.1 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 5,516 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 '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- Blakes Addition) 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 Blakes Addition 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 Blakes Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5766, Longitude: -93.4816 In this case, the coordinates for Blakes Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.627 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.366 degrees. |
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