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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 Burnstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnstown 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 Burnstown:
- 31.282402, -92.934878
- 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 Burnstown
- 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 Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Since Burnstown is near Rapides Parish and also Natchitoches Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches 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 Burnstown
Communities Also Named Burnstown ...
We found three communities that are also named Burnstown.
Within Louisiana, the name Burnstown is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- This Burnstown is located in Colbert County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnstown that is located in Vernon Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Burnstown.
- Ontario
- This Burnstown lies 1,311 miles [2,109.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burnstown that is located in Vernon Parish.
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burnstown [Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnstown ...
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.
- Comrade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comrade is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comrade
- Flatwoods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hemphill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hemphill is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hicks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Hicks Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hicks Crossing is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Crossing
- Hood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Mayo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Muse ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muse is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muse
- Temple
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Temple is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Walnut Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Burnstown 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 Burnstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnstown and extending to:
- Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burnstown to Leesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,631 miles [12,280.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,506 miles [8,861 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burnstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Burnstown 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Burnstown 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 Burnstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2824, Longitude: -92.9349 In this case, the coordinates for Burnstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.245 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.134 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.177 degrees. |
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