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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 Emmett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emmett 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 Emmett:
    • 32.071828, -93.442675
    • 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 Emmett
  • 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 Red River Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
    • Since Emmett is near De Soto Parish and also Natchitoches Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches 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 Emmett

Communities Also Named Emmett ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Emmett.

Within Louisiana, the name Emmett is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Benito County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Emmett [San Benito County].
    • Idaho
      • Ada County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Emmett [Ada County].
      • Gem County
      • This Emmett is located in Gem County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gem County community of Emmett.
    • Kansas
      • Brown County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Emmett [Brown County].
      • Pottawatomie County
      • This Emmett is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Emmett.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Emmett is located in Saint Clair County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Emmett.
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Emmett [Dade County].
    • Ohio
      • Paulding County
      • This Emmett is located in Paulding County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Emmett.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Emmett is located in Sullivan County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Emmett.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Emmett is located in Navarro County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the west of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Emmett.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Emmett is located in Logan County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Emmett that is located in Red River Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Emmett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Emmett ...

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.

  • Bayou Pierre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
  • Cross Roads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Edgefield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Edgefield is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
  • Evelyn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Grand Bayou
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • Halfway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Loggy Bayou
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Loggy Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loggy Bayou
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Oxbow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Emmett and extending to:

  • Coushatta, which is the Seat of Red River Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Emmett to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,033 miles [1,662.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,892 miles [11,091.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,615 miles [12,255.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,490 miles [8,835.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Emmett 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.
<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- Emmett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Emmett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Emmett 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 Emmett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0718, Longitude: -93.4427       In this case, the coordinates for Emmett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.661 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.724 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.284 degrees.