Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Magenta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Magenta and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Magenta
- 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 Magenta:
- 32.499311, -92.045410
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Magenta
- 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 Ouachita Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
- Since Magenta is near Richland Parish and also Union Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richland Parish
- eBird sighting report for Union 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Magenta ...
We found four communities that share the name Magenta.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Magenta.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Quebec
- This Magenta lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Magenta that is located in Ouachita Parish.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Magenta ...
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.
- Cypress Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
- Cypress Point is located in Ouachita Parish
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Fish Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Fish Creek is located in Ouachita Parish
- Forest Home
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Ouachita Parish
- Forest Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Forest Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
- Garden Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Garden Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Green Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Terrace
- Green Terrace is located in Ouachita Parish
- Kings Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oaks
- Kings Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
- Lakeshore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Lakeview Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Lakeview Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Leisure Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Ouachita Parish
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- Pecan Bayou
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Bayou
- Pecan Bayou is located in Ouachita Parish
- Richwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Robinson Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
- Robinson Place is located in Ouachita Parish
- Spanish City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
- Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tanglewood is located in Ouachita Parish
- Pecan Bayou
How Far From Magenta 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 Magenta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Magenta and extending to:
- Monroe, which is the Seat of Ouachita Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Magenta to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,411 miles [8,708.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Magenta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ouachita Parish: www.oppj.org/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Magenta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Magenta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4993, Longitude: -92.0454 In this case, the coordinates for Magenta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Magenta 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Magenta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.821 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.799 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.634 degrees. |