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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 McKenzie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKenzie 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 McKenzie:
- 32.844589, -93.097386
- 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 McKenzie
- 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 Claiborne Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
- Since McKenzie is near Webster Parish and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 McKenzie
Communities Also Named McKenzie ...
We found eight communities that are also named McKenzie.
Within Louisiana, the name McKenzie is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This McKenzie is located in Butler County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the McKenzie that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of McKenzie.
- Georgia
- Crisp County
- This McKenzie is located in Crisp County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the east of the McKenzie that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crisp County community of McKenzie.
- Kentucky
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of McKenzie [Lewis County].
- Manitoba
- This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for McKenzie.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This McKenzie is located in Allegany County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the northeast of the McKenzie that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of McKenzie.
- Missouri
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of McKenzie [Wayne County].
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- This McKenzie is located in Burleigh County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the McKenzie that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of McKenzie.
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This McKenzie is located in Carroll County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the McKenzie that is located in Claiborne Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of McKenzie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKenzie ...
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.
- Arizona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Dodge City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodge City is located in Union County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Forest Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Homer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Point Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Tulip
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tulip is located in Claiborne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
How Far From McKenzie 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 McKenzie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McKenzie and extending to:
- Homer, which is the Seat of Claiborne Parish, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from McKenzie to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 989 miles [1,591.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,439 miles [8,753.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- McKenzie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 McKenzie 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 McKenzie 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 McKenzie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8446, Longitude: -93.0974 In this case, the coordinates for McKenzie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.527 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.668 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.029 degrees. |
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