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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 Jennings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jennings 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 Jennings:
- 30.223528, -92.656626
- 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 Jennings
- 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 Jefferson Davis Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- Since Jennings is near Acadia Parish and also Vermilion Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Acadia Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion 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 Jennings
Communities Also Named Jennings ...
We found 21 communities that are also named Jennings.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Jennings.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Jennings [Calcasieu Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jennings [Lawrence County].
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Chaffee County, we don't know where within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Jennings.
- Florida
- Hamilton County
- This Jennings is located in Hamilton County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<3> to the east of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Jennings.
- Georgia
- Webster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jennings [Webster County].
- Kansas
- Decatur County
- This Jennings is located in Decatur County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Jennings.
- Kentucky
- Trimble County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jennings [Trimble County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Jennings is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Jennings.
- Garrett County
- This Jennings is located in Garrett County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Jennings.
- Michigan
- Missaukee County
- This Jennings is located in Missaukee County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missaukee County community of Jennings.
- Mississippi
- Pike County
- This Jennings is located in Pike County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Jennings.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Jennings is located in Saint Louis County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Jennings.
- Montana
- Lincoln County
- This Jennings is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<3> to the northwest of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Jennings.
- Nebraska
- Sheridan 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 Nebraska community of Jennings [Sheridan County].
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- This Jennings is located in Iredell County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Jennings.
- Oklahoma
- Pawnee County
- This Jennings is located in Pawnee County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Jennings.
- South Carolina
- Fairfield County
- This Jennings is located in Fairfield County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Jennings.
- Tennessee
- Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Jennings [Wilson County].
- Texas
- Lamar County
- This Jennings is located in Lamar County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<3> to the northwest of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Jennings.
- Virginia
- Nottoway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jennings [Nottoway County].
- Wisconsin
- Oneida County
- This Jennings is located in Oneida County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<3> to the north of the Jennings that is located in Jefferson Davis Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Jennings.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jennings ...
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.
- Cartville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cartville is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartville
- China
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- China is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Iota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Lake Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Island is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Riceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Vermilion Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Silverwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silverwood is located in Jefferson Davis Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverwood
- Welsh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Jennings 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 city such as Jennings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jennings and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jennings to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,668 miles [12,340.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,544 miles [8,922.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Jennings 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. |
| <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 Jennings, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jennings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jennings 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 Jennings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2235, Longitude: -92.6566 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.938 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.635 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.199 degrees. |
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