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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 Hanna Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanna Park 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 Hanna Park:
- 32.556817, -93.801569
- 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 Hanna Park
- 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 Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- Since Hanna Park is near Bossier Parish and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- 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 Hanna Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanna Park ...
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.
- Cash Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Cash Point Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cash Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point Ferry
- Cloverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cynthia Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cynthia Park is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia Park
- Dukedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dukedale is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukedale
- Gas Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gas Center is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Center
- Good Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenacres Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
- Lakeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Longwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Village
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Twilight Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twilight Meadows is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight Meadows
- Willow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Ridge is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge
How Far From Hanna Park 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 Hanna Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hanna Park and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hanna Park to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,034 miles [1,664.1 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 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,483 miles [8,824 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Hanna Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hanna Park 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 Hanna Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5568, Longitude: -93.8016 In this case, the coordinates for Hanna Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.948 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.122 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.371 degrees. |
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