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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 Moselys Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moselys Bluff 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 Moselys Bluff:
- 32.701252, -92.352919
- 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 Moselys Bluff
- 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 Union Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
- Since Moselys Bluff is near Ouachita Parish and also Lincoln Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Moselys Bluff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moselys Bluff ...
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.
- Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Downsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farmerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frost Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frost Town is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Town
- Gills Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gills Ferry is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Ferry
- Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Point is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Quigley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quigley is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
- Rocky Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rocky Branch is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Walnut Lane ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Walnut Lane is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lane
How Far From Moselys Bluff to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Moselys Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moselys Bluff and extending to:
- Farmerville, which is the Seat of Union Parish, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Moselys Bluff to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 956 miles [1,538.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,539 miles [12,132.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,414 miles [8,713 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 from Point A (ie- Moselys Bluff) 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 Moselys Bluff 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 Moselys Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7013, Longitude: -92.3529 In this case, the coordinates for Moselys Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.037 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.733 degrees. |
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