Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Merrywoods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merrywoods and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Merrywoods

• 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 Merrywoods:
  • 32.560428, -93.567120
  • 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 Merrywoods

• 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
  • Since Merrywoods is near Webster Parish and also Caddo Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Merrywoods

Curious and Interesting Names Near Merrywoods ...

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.

• Happy Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Happy Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Meadows
• Holly Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
• Leslie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leslie is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
• Mimosa Gardens
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mimosa Gardens is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Gardens
• Red Chute
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
• Shady Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Shady Park is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Park
• Swan Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
• Tall Timbers
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Tall Timbers is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
• Wafer Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wafer Forest is located in Bossier Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wafer Forest

How Far From Merrywoods 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 Merrywoods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Merrywoods and extending to:

• Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Merrywoods to Benton, with an average speed<2> 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 203 miles [326.7 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,473 miles [8,807.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'