Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Century Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Century Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Century Park

• 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 Century Park:
  • 32.437098, -93.723234
  • 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 Century Park

• 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 Century Park is near Bossier Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier 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 Century Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Century Park ...

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.

• Cedar Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Cut-off Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cut-off Junction is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut-off Junction
• Cynthia Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cynthia Park is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia Park
• Forest Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Forest Oak is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
• Golden Meadows
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Golden Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
• Hickory Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Place is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Place
• Holly Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
• King Forest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • King Forest is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Forest
• Live Oak
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Live Oak is located in Caddo Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Lucas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucas is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
  • Pecan Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecan Park is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
  • River Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • River Bend is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
  • Silver Pine Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
  • Summer Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
  • University Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • University Park is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Century Park and extending to:

• Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Century Park to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,034 miles [1,664.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,609 miles [12,245.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'