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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 McFarland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McFarland Heights 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 McFarland Heights:
- 31.131576, -93.270720
- 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 McFarland Heights
- 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 McFarland Heights is near Beauregard Parish and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beauregard Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton 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 McFarland Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near McFarland Heights ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- Coopers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Coopers is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dixie is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Lee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lee Hills is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hills
- Leesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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 McFarland Heights 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 McFarland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McFarland Heights and extending to:
- Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies just to the North Northeast.
- 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 McFarland Heights 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 1,060 miles [1,705.9 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 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McFarland Heights) 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 McFarland Heights 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 McFarland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1316, Longitude: -93.2707 In this case, the coordinates for McFarland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.439 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.34 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.335 degrees. |
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