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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 Hosston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hosston 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 Hosston:
- 32.887503, -93.878369
- 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 Hosston
- 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 Hosston is near Bossier Parish and also Miller 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 Miller 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 Hosston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hosston ...
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.
- Frog Level ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frog Level is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Ida
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ida is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Lane ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lane is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Mail Boxes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mail Boxes is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mail Boxes
- Missionary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Peru Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Ferry
- Shoreline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shoreline is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline
- Superior
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Superior is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
How Far From Hosston 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 village such as Hosston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hosston and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hosston to Shreveport, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,027 miles [1,652.8 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 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hosston) 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 Hosston 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 Hosston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8875, Longitude: -93.8784 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.035 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.267 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.359 degrees. |
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