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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 Crews, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crews 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 Crews:
- 31.717944, -92.927936
- 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 Crews
- 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 Crews is near Grant Parish and also Natchitoches 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 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 Crews
Communities Also Named Crews ...
We found five communities that are also named Crews.
Within Louisiana, the name Crews is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lamar County
- This Crews is located in Lamar County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crews that is located in Winn Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Crews.
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Crews [El Paso County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica 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 Mississippi community of Crews [Tunica County].
- Texas
- Gregg 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 Texas community of Crews [Gregg County].
- Runnels County
- This Crews is located in Runnels County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the west of the Crews that is located in Winn Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Crews.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crews ...
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.
- Bermuda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bermuda is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Clarence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cognac ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cognac is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cognac
- Cypress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- James Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- James Ferry is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Ferry
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mars Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Strongs Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Strongs Ferry is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Ferry
- Williams Corner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williams Corner is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
How Far From Crews to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crews to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crews and extending to:
- Winnfield, which is the Seat of Winn Parish, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crews to Winnfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Crews) 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 Crews 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Crews 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 Crews. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7179, Longitude: -92.9279 In this case, the coordinates for Crews have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.292 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.246 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.115 degrees. |
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