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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 Duck Port, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duck Port 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 Duck Port:
    • 32.392366, -91.013995
    • 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 Duck Port
  • 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 Madison Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
    • Since Duck Port is near Warren County and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll 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 Duck Port

Curious and Interesting Names Near Duck Port ...

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.

  • Delta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eagle Bend
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Bend is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Bend
  • Fortune Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fortune Fork is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Fork
  • Jetts
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jetts is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts
  • Jonestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jonestown is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Kings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kings is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Kings Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kings Ferry is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
  • Long Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Long Lake is located in Warren County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Mound
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mound is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Peelers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Peelers is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peelers
    • Signal
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Signal is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
    • Stout
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stout is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
    • Sweets Ferry
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweets Ferry is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Ferry
    • Valley Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Valley Mills is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Waltersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Waltersville is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville

How Far From Duck Port 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 Duck Port 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<2> community of Duck Port once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Duck Port and extending to:

  • Tallulah, which is the Seat of Madison Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Duck Port to Tallulah, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 902 miles [1,451.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,779 miles [10,909.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,496 miles [12,063.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,371 miles [8,643.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 Duck Port, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Duck Port) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Duck Port 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 Duck Port. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3924, Longitude: -91.0140       In this case, the coordinates for Duck Port have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.163 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.018 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.221 degrees.