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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 Egg Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Egg Bend 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 Egg Bend:
- 31.133983, -92.189763
- 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 Egg Bend
- 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 Avoyelles Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Avoyelles Parish
- Since Egg Bend is near Rapides Parish and also Evangeline Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rapides Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Evangeline 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 Egg Bend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Egg Bend ...
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.
- Bijou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bijou is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Cassandra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cassandra is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- David Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- David Ferry is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Ferry
- Echo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Effie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fifth Ward
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fifth Ward is located in Avoyelles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifth Ward
- Harris Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harris Ferry is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Ferry
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Poland is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Ruby
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Egg Bend to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Egg Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Egg Bend and extending to:
- Marksville, which is the Seat of Avoyelles Parish, lies just to the East.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Egg Bend to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,605 miles [12,239.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,481 miles [8,820.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Egg Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Egg Bend 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 Egg Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1340, Longitude: -92.1898 In this case, the coordinates for Egg Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.759 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.891 degrees. |
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