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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 Cooter Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooter Point 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 Cooter Point:
- 31.930159, -91.490675
- 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 Cooter Point
- 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 Tensas Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
- Since Cooter Point is near Franklin Parish and also Catahoula Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catahoula 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 Cooter Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooter Point ...
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.
- Anchor Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Landing
- Big A Plenty Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big A Plenty Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big A Plenty Landing
- Cooters Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cooters Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooters Landing
- Craig Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Craig Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Landing
- Crescent Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Landing
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Hedgeland Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hedgeland Landing is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeland Landing
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Helena is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Holly Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Ridge is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Justina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Justina is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justina
- Kirks Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirks Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Landing
- Maryland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maryland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
- Mayflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mayflower is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
How Far From Cooter Point 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 Cooter Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cooter Point and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Tensas Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cooter Point to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 943 miles [1,517.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,538 miles [12,131.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,413 miles [8,711.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Cooter Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cooter Point 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 Cooter Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9302, Longitude: -91.4907 In this case, the coordinates for Cooter Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.413 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.248 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.489 degrees. |
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