Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Colgrade:
  • 31.910998, -92.534590
  • 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 Colgrade

• 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 Winn Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
  • Since Colgrade is near Grant Parish and also La Salle Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Colgrade

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colgrade ...

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.

• Beech ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Beech is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
• Carla
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Carla is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carla
• Curry ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Curry is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
• Fay ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Fay is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
• Flat Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Flat Creek is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
• Hickory Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
• Joyce
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Joyce is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joyce <1>
• Kelly Front ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Kelly Front is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Front
• Maxwells Old Ferry
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxwells Old Ferry is located in Winn Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwells Old Ferry
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Prairie Home ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie Home is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
  • Royal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Royal is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Salt ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Salt is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt
  • Zion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Zion is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Zion Hill ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Colgrade and extending to:

• Winnfield, which is the Seat of Winn Parish, lies just to the West.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Colgrade to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,459 miles [8,785.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'