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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 Recknor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Recknor 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 Recknor:
- 31.497956, -93.623790
- 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 Recknor
- 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 Sabine Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
- Since Recknor is near Sabine County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- 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 Recknor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Recknor ...
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.
- Alliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alliance is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Chamber Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chamber Ferry is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamber Ferry
- Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clare is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Clyde
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Columbus is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Fisher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Many
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turtle Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turtle Beach is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Beach
How Far From Recknor 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 Recknor 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<2> community of Recknor once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Recknor and extending to:
- Many, which is the Seat of Sabine Parish, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Recknor to Many, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Recknor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Recknor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Recknor 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 Recknor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4980, Longitude: -93.6238 In this case, the coordinates for Recknor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.708 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.704 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.435 degrees. |
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