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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 Goodwill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodwill 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 Goodwill:
- 32.779022, -91.561786
- 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 Goodwill
- 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 West Carroll Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Carroll Parish
- Since Goodwill is near Morehouse Parish and also East Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morehouse Parish
- 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 Goodwill
Communities Also Named Goodwill ...
We found eight communities that are also named Goodwill.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Goodwill.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Webster Parish
- This Goodwill is located in Webster Parish and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Goodwill.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Franklin 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 Georgia community of Goodwill [Franklin County].
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- This Goodwill is located in Worcester County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Goodwill.
- North Carolina
- Forsyth 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 North Carolina community of Goodwill [Forsyth County].
- South Dakota
- Roberts County
- This Goodwill is located in Roberts County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roberts County community of Goodwill.
- Texas
- Burleson County
- This Goodwill is located in Burleson County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Goodwill.
- Washington County
- This Goodwill is located in Washington County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km] to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Goodwill.
- West Virginia
- Mercer County
- This Goodwill is located in Mercer County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Goodwill that is located in West Carroll Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Goodwill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodwill ...
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.
- Bear Skin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Skin is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Skin
- Bonita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Floyd Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd Landing is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Landing
- Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Oak Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Redwing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Redwing is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwing
- Twin Bridges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Twin Bridges is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
How Far From Goodwill 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 Goodwill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goodwill and extending to:
- Oak Grove, which is the Seat of West Carroll Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Goodwill to Oak Grove, with an average speed<4> 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 162 miles [260.7 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 914 miles [1,470.9 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 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,502 miles [12,073.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,377 miles [8,653.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Goodwill) 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 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 Goodwill 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Goodwill 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 Goodwill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7790, Longitude: -91.5618 In this case, the coordinates for Goodwill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.545 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.514 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.387 degrees. |
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