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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 Liddieville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liddieville 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 Liddieville:
- 32.136964, -91.845127
- 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 Liddieville
- 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 Franklin Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin Parish
- Since Liddieville is near Caldwell Parish and also Richland Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Liddieville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Liddieville ...
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.
- Big Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Charlieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Charlieville is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlieville
- Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Extension
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Necessity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Four Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Four Forks is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Fredericksburg ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hebert is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebert
- Jigger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- New Light
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roberts Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roberts Ferry is located in Caldwell Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Ferry
How Far From Liddieville 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 Liddieville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Liddieville and extending to:
- Winnsboro, which is the Seat of Franklin Parish, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Liddieville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,544 miles [12,140.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,419 miles [8,721 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liddieville) 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 Liddieville 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 Liddieville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1370, Longitude: -91.8451 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.656 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.559 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.605 degrees. |
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