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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 Copeland Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Copeland Landing 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 Copeland Landing:
    • 31.835162, -91.570955
    • 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 Copeland Landing
  • 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 Catahoula Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catahoula Parish
    • Since Copeland Landing is near Tensas Parish and also Franklin Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Copeland Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Copeland Landing ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Anchor Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Landing
  • Big A Plenty Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Big A Plenty Landing is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big A Plenty Landing
  • Crescent Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Crescent Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Landing
  • Denmark Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Denmark Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark Landing
  • Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Hedgeland Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hedgeland Landing is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeland Landing
  • Kirks Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kirks Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Landing
  • Martins Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Martins Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • OK Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • OK Landing is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for OK Landing
  • Wildwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Young Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Young Landing is located in Tensas Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Landing

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

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

  • Harrisonburg, which is the Seat of Catahoula Parish, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Copeland Landing to Harrisonburg, 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 98 miles [157.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,546 miles [12,144.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,421 miles [8,724.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Copeland Landing) 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 Copeland Landing 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 Copeland Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8352, Longitude: -91.5710       In this case, the coordinates for Copeland Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.452 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.281 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.537 degrees.