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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 Lake Providence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence:
- 32.801692, -91.175950
- 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 Lake Providence
- 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 East Carroll Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for East Carroll Parish
- Since Lake Providence is near Issaquena County and also West Carroll Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
- Open the eBird sighting report for West Carroll 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 Lake Providence
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Providence ...
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.
- Bowie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowie is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Brunett ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brunett is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunett
- Chickasaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Cottonwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gassoway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gassoway is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassoway
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hollybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hollybrook is located in East Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
- Oak Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Onward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Terry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Terry is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Transylvania
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Lake Providence 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 town such as Lake Providence to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Providence and extending to:
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Providence 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 894 miles [1,438.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,484 miles [12,044.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,359 miles [8,624.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lake Providence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8017, Longitude: -91.1760 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.304 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.238 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.222 degrees. |
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