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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 Old Mount Pleasant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Mount Pleasant and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mount Pleasant:
    • 32.150156, -92.189860
    • 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 Mount Pleasant
  • 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 Caldwell Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell Parish
    • Since Old Mount Pleasant is near Winn Parish and also Jackson Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Mount Pleasant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Mount Pleasant ...

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.

  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Chester is located in Winn Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Cooper ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cooper is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Corey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Corey is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
  • Cotton Plant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cotton Plant is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
  • Hickory Springs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Springs is located in Jackson Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Springs
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pulpwood Spur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pulpwood Spur is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulpwood Spur
  • Vixen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vixen is located in Caldwell Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vixen

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Old Mount Pleasant once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Mount Pleasant and extending to:

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Caldwell Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Mount Pleasant 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 968 miles [1,557.8 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 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,558 miles [12,163.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,433 miles [8,743.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Old Mount Pleasant) 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 Old Mount Pleasant 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 Old Mount Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1502, Longitude: -92.1899       In this case, the coordinates for Old Mount Pleasant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.875 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.816 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.746 degrees.