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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 Ten, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Ten 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 Old Ten:
- 32.520422, -92.136246
- 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 Ten
- 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 Ouachita Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ouachita Parish
- Since Old Ten is near Union Parish and also Richland Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Ten
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Ten ...
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.
- Cypress Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cypress Point is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
- Edgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fish Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fish Creek is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Forest Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Garden Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
- Green Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Springs is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Green Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Terrace is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Terrace
- Hillside Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Kings Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Oaks is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oaks
- Lincoln Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Magenta
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Magenta is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magenta
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Pecan Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pecan Bayou is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Bayou
- Pine Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Terrace is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Robinson Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Place is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
- Rockthrow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockthrow is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockthrow
- Royal Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Royal Pines is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
- Sunshine Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunshine Heights is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Heights
- Treasure Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure Island is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Island
- Valley Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valley Hills is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
How Far From Old Ten 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 Ten to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Old Ten and extending to:
- Monroe, which is the Seat of Ouachita Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Ten to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2>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 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,538 miles [12,131.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,414 miles [8,713 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Ten) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ten 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 Ten. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5204, Longitude: -92.1362 In this case, the coordinates for Old Ten have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.881 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.872 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.669 degrees. |
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