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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 Redwine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Redwine 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 Redwine:
- 32.455707, -92.707096
- 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 Redwine
- 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 Lincoln Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln Parish
- Since Redwine is near Jackson Parish and also Bienville Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bienville 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 Redwine
Communities Also Named Redwine ...
We found four communities that are also named Redwine.
There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Redwine.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Jackson Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Redwine [Jackson Parish].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Redwine is located in Fulton County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the east of the Redwine that is located in Lincoln Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Redwine.
- Kentucky
- Morgan County
- This Redwine is located in Morgan County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Redwine that is located in Lincoln Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Redwine.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Redwine is located in Cocke County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Redwine that is located in Lincoln Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Redwine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Redwine ...
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.
- Clay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Cooktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooktown is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
- Hilltop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Longstraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Longstraw is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstraw
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lincoln Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Punkin Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Punkin Center is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Quitman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Jackson Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
How Far From Redwine 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 Redwine 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<4> community of Redwine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Redwine and extending to:
- Ruston, which is the Seat of Lincoln Parish, lies just to the Northeast.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Redwine to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 983 miles [1,582 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,441 miles [8,756.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Redwine could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Redwine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Redwine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Redwine 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 Redwine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4557, Longitude: -92.7071 In this case, the coordinates for Redwine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.236 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.277 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.919 degrees. |
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