Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Greenings Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenings Ferry and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Greenings Ferry

• 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 Greenings Ferry:
  • 32.055717, -93.478787
  • 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 Greenings Ferry

• 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 Greenings Ferry 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 Greenings Ferry

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenings Ferry ...

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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
• Edgefield
  (8 miles [12.9 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
• Emmett
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmett is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
• Evelyn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
• Grand Bayou
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
• Grove Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grove Hill is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
• Halfway
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
• Magnolia
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Oxbow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greenings Ferry 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 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenings Ferry to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>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 1,036 miles [1,667.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,894 miles [11,094.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,617 miles [12,258.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'