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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 Bonham Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonham Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bonham Landing:
    • 32.755698, -94.037127
    • 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 Bonham Landing
  • 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 Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Since Bonham Landing is near Marion County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
  • 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 Bonham Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonham Landing ...

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.

  • Ferry Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ferry Lake is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
  • Gethsemane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gethsemane is located in Marion County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
  • Gray
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gray is located in Marion County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Oil City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shoreline is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
  • Stacy Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Stacy Landing is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Landing
  • Superior
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Superior is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Trees
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Trees is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trees
  • Uncertain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Bonham Landing 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 Bonham Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bonham Landing and extending to:

  • Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bonham Landing to Shreveport, with an average speed<3> 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 232 miles [373.4 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 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,483 miles [8,824 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bonham Landing) 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 Bonham Landing 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 Bonham Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7557, Longitude: -94.0371       In this case, the coordinates for Bonham Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.123 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.446 degrees.