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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 Pecan Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pecan Landing 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 Pecan Landing:
- 32.102654, -91.413450
- 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 Pecan Landing
- 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 Tensas Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tensas Parish
- Since Pecan Landing is near Franklin Parish and also Madison Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Pecan Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pecan Landing ...
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.
- Crimea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crimea is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimea
- Dearborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dearborn is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn
- Dickey Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dickey Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Landing
- Dixie Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dixie Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Landing
- Egypt Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt Ferry is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Ferry
- Ferry Newlight Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Griffin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Harris Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Harris Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Landing
- Hopewell Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Landing
- Justina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Justina is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justina
- Mayflower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mayflower is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- New Quarters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Quarters is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Quarters
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Newlight
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stones Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stones Landing is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Landing
- Wildcat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildcat is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Pecan Landing 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 Pecan Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pecan Landing and extending to:
- Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Tensas Parish, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pecan Landing to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,402 miles [8,693.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pecan Landing) 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 Pecan Landing 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 Pecan Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1027, Longitude: -91.4134 In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.383 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.236 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.431 degrees. |
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