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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 Darley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Darley 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 Darley:
- 32.610821, -93.054008
- 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 Darley
- 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 Claiborne Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
- Since Darley is near Bienville Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Darley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Darley ...
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.
- Fords
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fords is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
- Holly Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Nine Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nine Forks is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Forks
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Point Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Sugar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tulip is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
How Far From Darley 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 Darley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Darley and extending to:
- Homer, which is the Seat of Claiborne Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Darley to Homer, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 995 miles [1,601.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,448 miles [8,767.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Darley) 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 Darley 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 Darley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6108, Longitude: -93.0540 In this case, the coordinates for Darley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.474 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.576 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.044 degrees. |
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