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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 Cynthia Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cynthia Park 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 Cynthia Park:
    • 32.467931, -93.804902
    • 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 Cynthia Park
  • 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 Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Since Cynthia Park is near Bossier Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto 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 Cynthia Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cynthia Park ...

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.

  • Cannon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cannon is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Cedar Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cut-off Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cut-off Junction is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut-off Junction
  • Five Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Oaks is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
  • Forest Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Forest Oak is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
  • Gas Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Gas Center is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Center
  • Hickory Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Place is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Place
  • Holly Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • King Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • King Forest is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Forest
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Longwood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
  • Quail Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Silver Pine Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
    • Steeple Chase
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Steeple Chase is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple Chase
    • Summer Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
    • Twilight Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Twilight Meadows is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight Meadows
    • Willow Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

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

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

  • Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cynthia Park to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,037 miles [1,668.9 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 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,611 miles [12,248.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cynthia Park) 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 Cynthia Park 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 Cynthia Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4679, Longitude: -93.8049       In this case, the coordinates for Cynthia Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.94 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.101 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.385 degrees.