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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 Humphreys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Humphreys and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Humphreys:
    • 32.996793, -91.966241
    • 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 Humphreys
  • 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 Morehouse Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morehouse Parish
    • Since Humphreys is near Ashley County and also Union Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashley County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Humphreys

Communities Also Named Humphreys ...

We found eight communities that are also named Humphreys.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Humphreys.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Humphreys is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Humphreys.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Humphreys is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Humphreys.
    • Georgia
      • Clinch 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 Humphreys [Clinch County].
    • Idaho
      • Blaine 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 Idaho community of Humphreys [Blaine County].
    • Mississippi
      • Claiborne County
      • This Humphreys is located in Claiborne County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Humphreys.
    • Missouri
      • Sullivan County
      • This Humphreys is located in Sullivan County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the north of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Humphreys.
    • Oklahoma
      • Jackson County
      • This Humphreys is located in Jackson County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Humphreys.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Humphreys is located in Westmoreland County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Humphreys that is located in Morehouse Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Humphreys.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Humphreys ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Berlin is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Bovine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bovine is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovine
  • Brushy ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brushy is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
  • Dean
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dean is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Dollar Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Dollar Junction is located in Union County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Junction
  • Gravel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gravel is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel
  • Gulledge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulledge is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulledge
  • Hooker Hole
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hooker Hole is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Hole
  • Loco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Loco is located in Union Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
  • Log Cabin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Log Cabin is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
  • Meridian
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meridian is located in Ashley County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
  • Plantersville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Plantersville is located in Morehouse Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rogers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rogers is located in Morehouse Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Sulphur Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Thirteen Points Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Twin Oaks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Morehouse Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Unity
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Unity is located in Ashley County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Humphreys and extending to:

  • Bastrop, which is the Seat of Morehouse Parish, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Humphreys to Bastrop, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,509 miles [12,084.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,384 miles [8,664.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Humphreys) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Humphreys 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 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.
<4>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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9968, Longitude: -91.9662       In this case, the coordinates for Humphreys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.822 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.866 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.524 degrees.