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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 Crichton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crichton 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 Crichton:
    • 32.124604, -93.433508
    • 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 Crichton
  • 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 Crichton is near De Soto Parish and also Caddo 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 Caddo 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 Crichton

Communities Also Named Crichton ...

We found five communities that are also named Crichton.

Within Louisiana, the name Crichton is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Crichton is located in Mobile County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Crichton that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Crichton.
    • Idaho
      • Blaine 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 Idaho community of Crichton [Blaine County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Crichton lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Crichton that is located in Red River Parish.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick 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 Virginia community of Crichton [Brunswick County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Crichton is located in Greenbrier County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crichton that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Crichton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crichton ...

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.

  • Bayou Pierre
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
  • Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Crosskeys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crosskeys is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosskeys
  • Edgefield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Emmett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Emmett is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Grand Bayou
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • Halfway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Hall Summit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Howard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Howard is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Loggy Bayou
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Loggy Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loggy Bayou
  • Magnolia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Oxbow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crichton and extending to:

  • Coushatta, which is the Seat of Red River Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Crichton to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over 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 1,031 miles [1,659.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,612 miles [12,250.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,488 miles [8,832.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crichton) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crichton 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 Crichton 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 Crichton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1246, Longitude: -93.4335       In this case, the coordinates for Crichton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.662 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.731 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.273 degrees.