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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 Parkland Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkland Village 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 Parkland Village:
    • 32.538207, -93.698789
    • 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 Parkland Village
  • 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 Bossier Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Since Parkland Village is near Caddo Parish and also Webster Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo 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 Parkland Village

Communities Also Named Parkland Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Parkland Village.

Within Louisiana, the name Parkland Village is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Parkland Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Parkland Village is located in Harris County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkland Village that is located in Bossier Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Parkland Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkland Village ...

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.

  • Cash Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
  • Cash Point Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cash Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point Ferry
  • Cloverdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cloverdale is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Golden Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Good Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Good Roads is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Roads
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenacres Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenacres Place is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres Place
  • Holly Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Ridge is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
  • Pecan Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Park is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
  • Red Chute
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
  • River Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • River Bend is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
  • Swan Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Swan Lake is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake

How Far From Parkland Village 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 community such as Parkland Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkland Village and extending to:

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Bossier Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Parkland Village to Benton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 207 miles [333.1 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 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,603 miles [12,235.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,479 miles [8,817.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parkland Village) 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 Parkland Village 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 Parkland Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5382, Longitude: -93.6988       In this case, the coordinates for Parkland Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.879 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.04 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.33 degrees.