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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 Fosters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fosters 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 Fosters:
    • 32.526540, -93.670733
    • 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 Fosters
  • 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Since Fosters is near Caddo Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Fosters

Communities Also Named Fosters ...

We found seven communities that are also named Fosters.

Within Louisiana, the name Fosters is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Fosters is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fosters that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fosters.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Fosters [Penobscot County].
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • This Fosters is located in Saginaw County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fosters that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Fosters.
      • Washtenaw County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fosters [Washtenaw County].
    • Ohio
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fosters [Warren County].
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fosters [Lexington County].
    • West Virginia
      • Taylor County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Fosters [Taylor County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fosters ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Golden Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Good Roads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenacres Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
  • Happy Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Happy Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Meadows
  • Holly Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
  • Merrywoods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Merrywoods is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywoods
  • Mimosa Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mimosa Gardens is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Gardens
  • Pecan Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Park is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
  • Red Chute
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
  • River Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • River Bend is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shady Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Shady Park is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Park
    • Swan Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
    • Tall Timbers
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
    • Wafer Forest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wafer Forest is located in Bossier Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafer Forest

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

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fosters to Benton, with an average speed<3> 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 206 miles [331.5 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 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,029 miles [1,656 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fosters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Fosters 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.
<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 Fosters 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 Fosters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5265, Longitude: -93.6707       In this case, the coordinates for Fosters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.86 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.016 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.319 degrees.