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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 Loggy Bayou, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loggy Bayou and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Loggy Bayou:
    • 32.199881, -93.442119
    • 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 Loggy Bayou
  • 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 Red River Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Red River Parish
    • Since Loggy Bayou is near Bossier Parish and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Loggy Bayou

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loggy Bayou ...

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.

  • Bayou Pierre
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayou Pierre is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Pierre
  • Cooterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooterville is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooterville
  • Cross Roads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Crosskeys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Crosskeys is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosskeys
  • Emmett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Emmett is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Grand Bayou
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grand Bayou is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou
  • Halfway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Halfway is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Hall Summit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • High Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • High Island is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Island
  • Howard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Howard is located in Red River Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Knot Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Knot Point is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knot Point

How Far From Loggy Bayou to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Loggy Bayou to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loggy Bayou and extending to:

  • Coushatta, which is the Seat of Red River Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Loggy Bayou to Coushatta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 181 miles [291.3 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,029 miles [1,656 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,609 miles [12,245.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 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 '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- Loggy Bayou) 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 Loggy Bayou 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 Loggy Bayou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1999, Longitude: -93.4421       In this case, the coordinates for Loggy Bayou have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.676 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.758 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.266 degrees.