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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 Doss, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doss 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 Doss:
    • 32.655694, -91.883739
    • 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 Doss
  • 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 Morehouse Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morehouse Parish
    • Since Doss is near Ouachita Parish and also Richland Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Doss

Communities Also Named Doss ...

We found seven communities that are also named Doss.

Within Louisiana, the name Doss is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Doss [Craighead County].
    • Missouri
      • Dent County
      • This Doss is located in Dent County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<2> to the north of the Doss that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dent County community of Doss.
    • Nebraska
      • Dawson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Dawson County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Doss.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Doss.
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • Although located in Cass County, we don't know the location within the parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Doss.
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Doss [Clay County].
      • Gillespie County
      • This Doss is located in Gillespie County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Doss that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Doss.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doss ...

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.

  • Crew Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Crew Lake is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crew Lake
  • Fowler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fowler is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
  • Gum Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gum Ridge is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Ridge
  • Hammock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hammock is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammock
  • Hidden Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
  • Jones Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones Ferry is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
  • Lakeshore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeshore is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Lakeview Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Park is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
  • Leisure Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Oliver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Pecan Bayou
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pecan Bayou is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Bayou
  • Point Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Pleasant is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Start
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Treasure Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Treasure Island is located in Ouachita Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Island

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Doss once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Doss and extending to:

  • Bastrop, which is the Seat of Morehouse Parish, lies just to the North.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Doss to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,396 miles [8,684 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Doss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Doss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Doss 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Doss 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 Doss. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6557, Longitude: -91.8837       In this case, the coordinates for Doss have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.735 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.72 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.542 degrees.