Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Old Athens:
  • 32.645706, -93.057662
  • 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 Old Athens

• 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 Old Athens is near Bienville Parish and also Webster 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 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Old Athens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Athens ...

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
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
• Fords
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fords is located in Bienville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
• Holly Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Springs is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
• Homer
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Homer is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,789 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
• Hurricane
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hurricane is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
• Nine Forks
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Nine Forks is located in Webster Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Forks
• Pleasant Hill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Bienville Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Point Pleasant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
• Sugar Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Creek is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
• Tulip
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tulip is located in Claiborne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip

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

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

• Homer, which is the Seat of Claiborne Parish, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Old Athens to Homer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 188 miles [302.6 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 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 994 miles [1,599.7 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 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,447 miles [8,766.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'