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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 Coushatta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coushatta 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 Coushatta:
- 32.018594, -93.344179
- 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 Coushatta
- 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 Red River Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
- Since Coushatta is near De Soto Parish and also Natchitoches Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches 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 Coushatta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coushatta ...
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.
- Edgefield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Emmett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Emmett is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Evelyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Halfway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake End
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Oxbow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Redoak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redoak is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redoak
How Far From Coushatta 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 town such as Coushatta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coushatta and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Coushatta to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,613 miles [12,251.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,489 miles [8,833.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Coushatta) 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 Coushatta 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 Coushatta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0186, Longitude: -93.3442 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.592 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.249 degrees. |
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