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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 Koran, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Koran 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 Koran:
- 32.425154, -93.462951
- 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 Koran
- 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- Since Koran is near Webster Parish and also Bienville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville 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 Koran
Communities Also Named Koran ...
We found one communities that are also named Koran.
Within Louisiana, the name Koran is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Koran in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Scioto 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 Ohio community of Koran [Scioto County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Koran ...
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.
- Cecile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cecile is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecile
- Cooterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cooterville is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooterville
- Elm Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Meadows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Golden Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
- Goodwill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Goodwill is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- High Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- High Island is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Island
- Knot Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Knot Point is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knot Point
- Leslie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Magenta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magenta is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
- Martin Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Martin Junction is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Junction
- Merrywoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Merrywoods is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywoods
- Mimosa Gardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mimosa Gardens is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Gardens
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Petes Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petes Ferry is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Ferry
- Plum Orchard Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plum Orchard Landing is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard Landing
- River Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- River Bend is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Shady Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Park is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Park
- Tall Timbers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
- Wafer Forest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wafer Forest is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafer Forest
- Woodchuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodchuck is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodchuck
- Yellow Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
How Far From Koran 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 Koran to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Koran and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Koran to Benton, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Koran 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Koran) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Koran 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 Koran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4252, Longitude: -93.4630 In this case, the coordinates for Koran have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.715 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.833 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.244 degrees. |
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