Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Hodge:
  • 32.284517, -92.717223
  • 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 North Hodge

• 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 Jackson Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
  • Since North Hodge is near Bienville Parish and also Winn Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winn 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 North Hodge

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Hodge ...

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.

• Danville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Danville is located in Bienville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
• English
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • English is located in Bienville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
• Evergreen
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Hebron
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hebron is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Hilltop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hilltop is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Hodge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hodge is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodge <1>
• Hunt ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Hunt is located in Bienville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
• Punkin Center
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Punkin Center is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
• Quitman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Quitman is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <1>
• Rockfield
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rockfield is located in Jackson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield

How Far From North Hodge 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 village such as North Hodge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Hodge and extending to:

• Jonesboro, which is the Seat of Jackson Parish, lies just to the South.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from North Hodge 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,449 miles [8,769.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'