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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 Joyce, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Joyce 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 Joyce:
    • 31.939330, -92.598759
    • 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 Joyce
  • 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 Joyce is near Grant Parish and also Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Joyce

Communities Also Named Joyce ...

We found seven communities that are also named Joyce.

Within Louisiana, the name Joyce is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Joyce is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Joyce that is located in Winn Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Joyce.
    • Nebraska
      • Scotts Bluff County
      • This Joyce is located in Scotts Bluff County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Joyce that is located in Winn Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Joyce.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Joyce.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Joyce is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Joyce that is located in Winn Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Joyce.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lawrence County
      • This Joyce is located in Lawrence County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Joyce that is located in Winn Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Joyce.
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Joyce [Harris County].
    • Washington
      • Clallam County
      • This Joyce is located in Clallam County and lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Joyce that is located in Winn Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clallam County community of Joyce.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Joyce ...

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.

  • Carla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Carla is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carla
  • Fay ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fay is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
  • Five Forks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Forks is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Kelly Front ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelly Front is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Front
  • Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Prairie Home ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Home is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
  • Royal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Royal is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
  • Union Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Union Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Zion Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion Hill is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

  • Winnfield, which is the Seat of Winn Parish, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Joyce 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 6 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 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,585 miles [12,206.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Joyce) 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 Joyce 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 Joyce 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 Joyce. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9393, Longitude: -92.5988       In this case, the coordinates for Joyce have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.11 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.062 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.947 degrees.