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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 Claiborne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claiborne 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 Claiborne:
    • 32.515978, -92.191803
    • 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 Claiborne
  • 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 Ouachita Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
    • Since Claiborne is near Union Parish and also Lincoln Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Claiborne

Communities Also Named Claiborne ...

We found seven communities that are also named Claiborne.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Claiborne.

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

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Saint Tammany Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Claiborne [Saint Tammany Parish].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Claiborne is located in Monroe County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Claiborne that is located in Ouachita Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Claiborne.
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Claiborne is located in Talbot County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Claiborne that is located in Ouachita Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Claiborne.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock 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 Mississippi community of Claiborne [Hancock County].
      • Jasper County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Claiborne [Jasper County].
    • Ohio
      • Union County
      • This Claiborne is located in Union County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Claiborne that is located in Ouachita Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Claiborne.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Claiborne is located in Caroline County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Claiborne that is located in Ouachita Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Claiborne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Claiborne ...

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.

  • Drew
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Drew is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Green Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Springs is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Hillside Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hillside Park is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
  • Pine Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pine Terrace is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
  • Rockthrow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rockthrow is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockthrow
  • Royal Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Royal Pines is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
  • Sunshine Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Sunshine Heights is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Heights
  • Valley Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Valley Hills is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills

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

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

  • Monroe, which is the Seat of Ouachita Parish, lies just to the East.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Claiborne to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 955 miles [1,536.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,541 miles [12,136.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,416 miles [8,716.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Claiborne 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Claiborne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Claiborne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5160, Longitude: -92.1918       In this case, the coordinates for Claiborne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.915 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.911 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.693 degrees.