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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 Latex, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Latex 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 Latex:
- 32.604593, -94.042962
- 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 Latex
- 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 Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- Since Latex is near Harrison County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- 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 Latex
Communities Also Named Latex ...
We found two communities that are also named Latex.
Within Louisiana, the name Latex is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Harrison County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Latex.
- Panola 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 Texas community of Latex [Panola County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Latex ...
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.
- Brian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brian is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian
- Ferry Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ferry Lake is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Lake
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jonesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Longwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Longwood is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Lorraine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lorraine is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Stacy Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stacy Landing is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Landing
- Uncertain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Latex 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 Latex to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Latex and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Latex to Shreveport, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,615 miles [12,255.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,491 miles [8,836.9 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Latex 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' (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- Latex) 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 Latex 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 Latex. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6046, Longitude: -94.0430 In this case, the coordinates for Latex have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.109 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.317 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.469 degrees. |
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