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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 Culbertson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Culbertson 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 Culbertson:
- 32.686255, -92.512924
- 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 Culbertson
- 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 Union Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
- Since Culbertson is near Lincoln Parish and also Ouachita Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita 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 Culbertson
Communities Also Named Culbertson ...
We found seven communities that are also named Culbertson.
Within Louisiana, the name Culbertson is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Culbertson [Boyd County].
- Kenton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Culbertson [Kenton County].
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Culbertson [Dawson County].
- Roosevelt County
- This Culbertson is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Culbertson that is located in Union Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Culbertson.
- Nebraska
- Hitchcock County
- This Culbertson is located in Hitchcock County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Culbertson that is located in Union Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hitchcock County community of Culbertson.
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Culbertson [Lawrence County].
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- This Culbertson is located in Franklin County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Culbertson that is located in Union Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Culbertson.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Culbertson ...
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.
- Downsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Farmerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gills Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gills Ferry is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Ferry
- Henry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Henry is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Hilly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hilly is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilly
- Mineral Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Rock Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Corner is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Corner
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Culbertson 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 Culbertson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Culbertson and extending to:
- Farmerville, which is the Seat of Union Parish, lies just to the Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Culbertson to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,546 miles [12,144.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Culbertson 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Culbertson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Culbertson 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 Culbertson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6863, Longitude: -92.5129 In this case, the coordinates for Culbertson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.137 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.192 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.803 degrees. |
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