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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 Clay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay 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 Clay:
- 32.432930, -92.677095
- 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 Clay
- 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 Jackson Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
- Since Clay is near Lincoln Parish and also Bienville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville 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 Clay
Communities Also Named Clay ...
We found 22 communities that are also named Clay.
Within Louisiana, the name Clay is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Clay is located in Jefferson County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Clay.
- Arkansas
- White County
- This Clay is located in White County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Clay.
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Clay is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Clay.
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- This Clay is located in Jefferson County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Clay.
- Illinois
- Livingston 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 Illinois community of Clay [Livingston County].
- Iowa
- Washington 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 Iowa community of Clay [Washington County].
- Kentucky
- Webster County
- This Clay is located in Webster County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Clay.
- Michigan
- Eaton 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 Michigan community of Clay [Eaton County].
- Lenawee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clay [Lenawee County].
- Mississippi
- Itawamba County
- This Clay is located in Itawamba County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Clay.
- Missouri
- Adair 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 Missouri community of Clay [Adair County].
- Clay 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 Missouri community of Clay [Clay County].
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Clay is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Clay.
- North Carolina
- Granville County
- This Clay is located in Granville County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Clay.
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Clay is located in Jackson County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Clay.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Clay is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Clay.
- Tennessee
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Clay [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Burleson County
- This Clay is located in Burleson County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Clay.
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- This Clay is located in Bedford County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Clay.
- Lynchburg City
- 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 Virginia community of Clay [Lynchburg City].
- West Virginia
- Clay County
- This Clay is located in Clay County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clay that is located in Jackson Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Clay.
- Wyoming
- Weston 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 Wyoming community of Clay [Weston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay ...
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.
- Cooktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cooktown is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Longstraw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Longstraw is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstraw
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Punkin Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Punkin Center is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Quitman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwine ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwine is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwine
- Rockfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
How Far From Clay 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 Clay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clay and extending to:
- Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Clay to Jonesboro, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,565 miles [12,174.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clay) 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 Clay 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> | 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 Clay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Clay 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 Clay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4329, Longitude: -92.6771 In this case, the coordinates for Clay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.214 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.249 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.91 degrees. |
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