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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 Lyles Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lyles Addition 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 Lyles Addition:
- 31.147130, -93.265443
- 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 Lyles Addition
- 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 Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Since Lyles Addition is near Newton County and also Sabine Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine 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 Lyles Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lyles Addition ...
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.
- Billy Goat Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- Coopers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coopers is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dixie is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Lee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lee Hills is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hills
- Leesville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Standard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Standard is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
How Far From Lyles Addition 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 Lyles Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lyles Addition and extending to:
- Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lyles Addition 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lyles Addition) 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 Lyles Addition 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 Lyles Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1471, Longitude: -93.2654 In this case, the coordinates for Lyles Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.437 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.341 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.331 degrees. |
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