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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 Cason, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cason 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 Cason:
    • 30.883518, -91.811229
    • 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 Cason
  • 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 Avoyelles Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
    • Since Cason is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also Saint Landry Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Landry 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 Cason

Communities Also Named Cason ...

We found six communities that are also named Cason.

Within Louisiana, the name Cason is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lake 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 Florida community of Cason [Lake County].
    • Georgia
      • Wilcox 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 Georgia community of Cason [Wilcox County].
    • Indiana
      • Boone 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 Indiana community of Cason [Boone County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Cason [Anderson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon 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 Tennessee community of Cason [Cannon County].
    • Texas
      • Morris County
      • This Cason is located in Morris County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cason that is located in Avoyelles Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Cason.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cason ...

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.

  • Bayou Jack
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bayou Jack is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Jack
  • Coon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coon is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon
  • Eden ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Eden is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Elba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Elba is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Gordon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gordon is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • New California
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New California is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
  • Randall ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Randall is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Red Fish
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Fish is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fish
  • Rosewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosewood is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Taterville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Taterville is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taterville
  • Woodside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Woodside is located in Saint Landry Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Yellow Bayou
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Yellow Bayou is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bayou

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cason and extending to:

  • Marksville, which is the Seat of Avoyelles Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cason to Marksville, with an average speed<3> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,601 miles [12,232.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,476 miles [8,812.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Cason 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cason) 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 Cason 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 Cason. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8835, Longitude: -91.8112       In this case, the coordinates for Cason have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.494 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.204 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.772 degrees.