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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 Jordan Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jordan Hill 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 Jordan Hill:
- 31.854055, -92.522644
- 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 Jordan Hill
- 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 Winn Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
- Since Jordan Hill is near Grant Parish and also La Salle Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle 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 Jordan Hill
Communities Also Named Jordan Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Jordan Hill.
Within Louisiana, the name Jordan Hill is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Jordan Hill in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Jordan Hill lies 1,454 miles [2,340 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jordan Hill that is located in Winn Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jordan Hill ...
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.
- Beech ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Curry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Curry is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Five Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grandstaff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grandstaff is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandstaff
- Joyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwells Old Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maxwells Old Ferry is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwells Old Ferry
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Prairie Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Home is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Royal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Royal is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Salt ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Salt is located in Winn Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt
- Tide ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tide is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zion is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Jordan Hill 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 Jordan Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jordan Hill and extending to:
- Winnfield, which is the Seat of Winn Parish, lies just to the Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Jordan Hill to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 996 miles [1,602.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,586 miles [12,208.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jordan Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jordan Hill 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 Jordan Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8541, Longitude: -92.5226 In this case, the coordinates for Jordan Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.052 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.983 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.928 degrees. |
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