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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 Halfway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halfway 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 Halfway:
- 32.110027, -93.367533
- 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 Halfway
- 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 Halfway is near De Soto Parish and also Bienville 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 Bienville 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 Halfway
Communities Also Named Halfway ...
We found 23 communities that are also named Halfway.
Within Louisiana, the name Halfway is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of 23 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- This Halfway is located in Clark County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the north of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Halfway.
- Colorado
- Park County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Park County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Halfway.
- Georgia
- Lumpkin County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Halfway [Lumpkin County].
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Halfway [Kootenai County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Halfway is located in Allen County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Halfway.
- Barren County
- This Halfway is located in Barren County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km] to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Halfway.
- Maine
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Halfway [Somerset County].
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Halfway is located in Washington County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Halfway.
- Missouri
- Polk County
- This Halfway is located in Polk County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the north of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Halfway.
- New Brunswick
- This Halfway lies 1,790 miles [2,880.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- New Mexico
- Lea County
- This Halfway is located in Lea County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Halfway.
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Halfway is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Halfway.
- Nova Scotia
- This Halfway lies 1,749 miles [2,814.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- Ontario
- This Halfway lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- This Halfway is located in Baker County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Halfway.
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Halfway [Union County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lebanon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Halfway [Lebanon County].
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Halfway is located in Cumberland County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Halfway.
- Texas
- Hale County
- This Halfway is located in Hale County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Halfway.
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- This Halfway is located in Fauquier County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Halfway.
- West Virginia
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Halfway [Monroe County].
- Wyoming
- Sublette County
- This Halfway is located in Sublette County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Halfway that is located in Red River Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Halfway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halfway ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
- Cross Roads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Edgefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emmett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Emmett is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Grand Bayou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
- Hall Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loggy Bayou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loggy Bayou is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loggy Bayou
- Magnolia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Oxbow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
How Far From Halfway 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 Halfway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Halfway and extending to:
- Coushatta, which is the Seat of Red River Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Halfway to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>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 1,028 miles [1,654.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,610 miles [12,247.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halfway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Halfway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Halfway 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Halfway 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 Halfway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1100, Longitude: -93.3675 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.678 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.247 degrees. |
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