Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Lebanon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Lebanon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Lebanon
- 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 Mount Lebanon:
- 32.505239, -93.049915
- 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 Mount Lebanon
- 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 Bienville Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
- Since Mount Lebanon is near Claiborne Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Claiborne Parish
- eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Mount Lebanon ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Mount Lebanon.
Within Louisiana, the name Mount Lebanon is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Madison County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Kentucky
- Jessamine County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Jessamine County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mount Lebanon.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Hunterdon County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Mount Lebanon.
- New York
- Columbia 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 New York community of Mount Lebanon [Columbia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Allegheny County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Dickson County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Dickson County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km] to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Lawrence County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Lawrence County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km] to the east northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Tipton County
- This Mount Lebanon is located in Tipton County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the northeast of the Mount Lebanon that is located in Bienville Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Texas
- Upshur County
- Although located in Upshur County, we don't know the location within the parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Mount Lebanon.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Lebanon ...
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.
- Fords
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Hurricane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Jamestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jamestown is located in Bienville Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <4>
- Liberty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Martin Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Junction
- Martin Junction is located in Webster Parish
- Nine Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nine Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Forks
- Nine Forks is located in Webster Parish
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Bienville Parish
- Point Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish
- Sugar Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
- Swift
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Tulip
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Mount Lebanon 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 town such as Mount Lebanon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Lebanon and extending to:
- Arcadia, which is the Seat of Bienville Parish, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Lebanon to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 998 miles [1,606.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,453 miles [8,775.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Lebanon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Bienville Parish: www.bienvilleparish.org/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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- Mount Lebanon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Lebanon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5052, Longitude: -93.0499 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Lebanon 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 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 Mount Lebanon 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mount Lebanon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.46 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.545 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.057 degrees. |