Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Rambin:
  • 31.951830, -93.454342
  • 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 Rambin

• 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 De Soto Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
  • Since Rambin is near Natchitoches Parish and also Red River Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Natchitoches Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Red River 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 Rambin

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rambin ...

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.

• Ajax
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ajax is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
• Butler ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Butler is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
• Evelyn
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Evelyn is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
• Grove Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Grove Hill is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
• Harris
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Harris is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
• Magnolia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Magnolia is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Mineral ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mineral is located in De Soto Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
• Oxbow
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oxbow is located in Red River Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
• Pleasant Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Natchitoches Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rambin and extending to:

• Mansfield, which is the Seat of De Soto Parish, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rambin to Mansfield, 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 four to five hours.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,038 miles [1,670.5 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 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,621 miles [12,264.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,497 miles [8,846.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'